renoncer

\ʁə.nɔ̃.se\

/\ʁə.nɔ̃.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“renoncer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,495
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se désister de quelque chose, soit par acte exprès, soit autrement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renoncer · renoncer · French

renoncer · rank #5,495 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,495
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendant

Nearest frequency peer: rendant (-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 « renoncer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renoncer » 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).

renoncer vs rénover
63% similar
renoncer vs renouer
75% similar
renoncer vs résonner
63% similar

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

Key facts for renoncer
PropertyValue
Headwordrenoncer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.nɔ̃.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,495
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renoncer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.renoncerse 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 « rendant » (#5,494), « retenue » (#5,496), « reçoivent » (#5,497). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renoncer » est au #5,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around renoncer (IPA \ʁə.nɔ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,495 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for renoncer, with forms such as "ernoncer", "rennocer", and "rennoncer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rénover", "renouer", "résonner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is renoncer, spelled R-E-N-O-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se désister de quelque chose, soit par acte exprès, soit autrement.
  2. 2
    Quitter, abandonner la possession, le désir de quelque chose, l’attachement à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Se dépouiller de tout amour-propre.
  4. 4
    Mettre une carte d’une autre couleur que celle qui est jouée, soit qu’on ait de cette dernière, soit qu’on n’en ait pas.
  5. 5
    Renier, désavouer, ne vouloir plus reconnaître quelqu’un pour ce qu’il est ou pour ce qu’on le croyait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a longtemps que je le dis : le libéralisme ne nous livrera plus de bataille rangée ; il a renoncé aux conspirations, au carbonarisme, aux prises d’armes, il mine en dessous et se prépare à un complet Ôte-toi de là que je m’y mette !
  2. Si néanmoins les enfans trouvent , que la communauté ne leur soit pas avantageuse , ils y peuvent renoncer , comme le peuvent leurs heritiers en cas de décès.

This word in other languages

renounce(English)renunciar(Español)ablassen(Deutsch)resignar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernoncer
  • rennocer
  • rennoncer
  • renocner
  • renonccer
  • renoncerr
  • renoncre
  • renonecr
  • renonncer
  • reonncer
  • rneoncer
  • rrenoncer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renoncer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ernoncer2rennocer2rennoncer1renocner2renonccer1renoncerr1renoncre2renonecr2
Edit distance from "renoncer"

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 "renoncer"?
"renoncer" is spelled R-E-N-O-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nɔ̃.se\.
What does "renoncer" mean?
As a verb, "renoncer" means: Se désister de quelque chose, soit par acte exprès, soit autrement.
What words are commonly confused with "renoncer"?
"renoncer" is commonly confused with "rénover", "renouer", "résonner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renoncer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renoncer" is \ʁə.nɔ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renoncer" come from?
"renoncer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

rapproche12 variantssouverain12 variantsauxquelles12 variantseffectifs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list