renouent

\ʁə.nu\

/\ʁə.nu\/ verb

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The verdict

“renouent” is uncommon French (frequency #76,972 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,972
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renouer.

Key facts for renouent
PropertyValue
Headwordrenouent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.nu\
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “renouent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). renouent lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

renouent is uncommon French at frequency #76,972 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.nu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for renouent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is renouent, spelled R-E-N-O-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renouer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de renouer.

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 "renouent"?
"renouent" is spelled R-E-N-O-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nu\.
What does "renouent" mean?
As a verb, "renouent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renouer.
How do you pronounce "renouent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renouent" is \ʁə.nu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renouent" come from?
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Using “renouent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-O-U-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.nu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list