renouveler

\ʁə.nuv.le\

/\ʁə.nuv.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“renouveler” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,365
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire à nouveau ; refaire ; répéter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renouveler · renouveler · French

renouveler · rank #7,365 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,365
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rencontrent

Nearest frequency peer: rencontrent (-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 « renouveler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renouveler » 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).

renouveler vs renouvelle
80% similar
renouveler vs renouvelés
80% similar
renouveler vs renouvelé
80% similar

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

Key facts for renouveler
PropertyValue
Headwordrenouveler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.nuv.le\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,365
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renouveler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).renouvelerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rencontrent » (#7,364), « ressens » (#7,366), « reconnaissant » (#7,363). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renouveler » est au #7,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around renouveler (IPA \ʁə.nuv.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,365 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for renouveler, with forms such as "ernouveler", "rennouveler", and "renouevler". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "renouvelle", "renouvelés", "renouvelé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 renouveler, spelled R-E-N-O-U-V-E-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire à nouveau ; refaire ; répéter.
  2. 2
    Remettre en vigueur pour une certaine période
  3. 3
    Reculer l’échéance d'un effet de commerce.
  4. 4
    Remettre en usage une chose connue, pratiquée anciennement.
  5. 5
    Rendre nouveau en substituant à une chose une autre de même espèce.
  6. 6
    Faire revivre, animer d’une force nouvelle.
  7. 7
    Mettre à jour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais alors, les électeurs en élisant un anti-roi, se jetèrent de nouveau dans les bras du pape, qui ne manqua pas de renouveler ses anciennes prétentions.
  2. Le Gouvernement a renouvelé pour la dixième fois, en 1865, le grand concours biennal de composition musicale, institué par l'arrêté royal du 19 septembre 1840.

Synonyms

recommencerranimer

This word in other languages

renew(English)erneuern(Deutsch)renovar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernouveler
  • rennouveler
  • renouevler
  • renouveelr
  • renouvelerr
  • renouveller
  • renouvelre
  • renouvleer
  • renouvveler
  • renovueler
  • renuoveler
  • reonuveler
  • rneouveler
  • rrenouveler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renouveler - 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.

ernouveler2rennouveler1renouevler2renouveelr2renouvelerr1renouveller1renouvelre2renouvleer2
Edit distance from "renouveler"

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 "renouveler"?
"renouveler" is spelled R-E-N-O-U-V-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nuv.le\.
What does "renouveler" mean?
As a verb, "renouveler" means: Faire à nouveau ; refaire ; répéter.
What words are commonly confused with "renouveler"?
"renouveler" is commonly confused with "renouvelle", "renouvelés", "renouvelé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renouveler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renouveler" is \ʁə.nuv.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renouveler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list