Renou

\ʁə.nu\

/\ʁə.nu\/ name

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The verdict

“Renou” is uncommon French (frequency #76,084 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,084
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renou · Renou · French

Renou · rank #76,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,084
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renonçons

Nearest frequency peer: renonçons (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Renou »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Renou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Renou
PropertyValue
HeadwordRenou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁə.nu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,084
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Renou » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Renoutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « renonçons » (#76,083), « remercierez » (#76,081), « retiraient » (#76,087). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Renou » est au #76,084. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Renou is uncommon French at frequency #76,084 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁə.nu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Renou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Renou, spelled R-E-N-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le duo saintais a terminé en queue de peloton de l’épreuve où les candidats affrontaient le chef Christophe Renou, en fabriquant un gâteau sans moule.
  2. C’est pour ça que ça marche, répète à l’envi Catherine Renou, la trésorière.

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 "Renou"?
"Renou" is spelled R-E-N-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nu\.
What does "Renou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Renou" means: Nom de famille français.
How do you pronounce "Renou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Renou" is \ʁə.nu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Renou" come from?
"Renou" 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 "Renou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

safar#76,105smala#76,134Popov#76,027spear#76,141

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list