renouer
\ʁə.nwe\
The verdict
“renouer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,305
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouer une chose dénouée, séparée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-renouer · renouer · French
renouer · rank #18,305 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,305
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rendront
Nearest frequency peer: rendront (-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 « renouer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- remportant
remportant
81,699 corpus weight
- rendons
rendons
81,698 corpus weight
- rendront
rendront
81,697 corpus weight
- renouer
renouer
81,696 corpus weight
- rentes
rentes
81,695 corpus weight
- repoussée
repoussée
81,694 corpus weight
What this shows « renouer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renouer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.nwe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renouer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around renouer (IPA \ʁə.nwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,305 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for renouer, with forms such as "ernouer", "rennouer", and "renoeur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retour", "rénové", "rentrer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is renouer, spelled R-E-N-O-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nouer une chose dénouée, séparée.
- 2Renouveler, reprendre, en parlant de relations interrompues.
- 3Reprendre, en parlant de ce qui avait été interrompu.
- 4Renouer amitié.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how renouer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les filets bruns que teint la rusque d’Afrique sèchent sur les môles et des hommes agenouillés chantent en renouant les mailles rompues.
Renouer des cordons, une cravate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ernouer
- rennouer
- renoeur
- renouerr
- renoure
- renuoer
- reonuer
- rneouer
- rrenouer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renouer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "renouer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).