renoncement

\ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“renoncement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,143
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de renoncer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renoncement · renoncement · French

renoncement · rank #21,143 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,143
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renforcent

Nearest frequency peer: renforcent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « renoncement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « renoncement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

renoncement vs renoncent
82% similar
renoncement vs renforcement
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for renoncement
PropertyValue
Headwordrenoncement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,143
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renoncement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.renoncementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renforcent » (#21,142), « rentrées » (#21,144), « relayé » (#21,141). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renoncement » est au #21,143. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around renoncement (IPA \ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,143 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de renoncer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for renoncement, with forms such as "ernoncement", "rennocement", and "rennoncement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "renoncent", "renforcement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is renoncement, spelled R-E-N-O-N-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de renoncer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how renoncement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Tout homme porte en lui un ou plusieurs morts », m’avait dit sentencieusement le docteur, qui soupçonnait aussi des renoncements dans la vie du campagnard des Trembles.
  2. Sous le coup, la vieille servante chancela. Un déchirement, une douleur affreuse blêmit sa pauvre face usée, d’un renoncement de nonne, dans la blancheur de sa coiffe.

This word in other languages

renunciation(English)abnegación(Español)Verzicht(Deutsch)abnegação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernoncement
  • rennocement
  • rennoncement
  • renocnement
  • renonccement
  • renonceemnt
  • renoncemennt
  • renoncementt
  • renoncemetn
  • renoncemment
  • renoncemnet
  • renoncmeent
  • renonecment
  • renonncement
  • reonncement
  • rneoncement
  • rrenoncement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renoncement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ernoncement2rennocement2rennoncement1renocnement2renonccement1renonceemnt2renoncemennt1renoncementt1
Edit distance from "renoncement"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "renoncement"?
"renoncement" is spelled R-E-N-O-N-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\.
What does "renoncement" mean?
As a noun, "renoncement" means: Action de renoncer.
What words are commonly confused with "renoncement"?
"renoncement" is commonly confused with "renoncent", "renforcement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renoncement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renoncement" is \ʁə.nɔ̃s.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renoncement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "renoncement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

restaurateur17 variantsmortellement17 variantsconsciences17 variantsdésavantage17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list