rénovation

\ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rénovation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,810
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Renouvellement, régénération physique ou morale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renovation · rénovation · French

rénovation · rank #5,810 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,810
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH régulier

Nearest frequency peer: régulier (-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 « rénovation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rénovation » 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).

rénovation vs révocation
80% similar
rénovation vs rénovations
91% similar

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

Key facts for rénovation
PropertyValue
Headwordrénovation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,810
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rénovation »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « régulier » (#5,809), « répertoire » (#5,811), « réglé » (#5,808). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rénovation » est au #5,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around rénovation (IPA \ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,810 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for rénovation, with forms such as "renovation", "rnéovation", and "rrénovation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "révocation", "rénovations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rénovation, spelled R-É-N-O-V-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renouvellement, régénération physique ou morale.
  2. 2
    Action de rénover un bien.
  3. 3
    Remplacement de pièces ou d’éléments, usagés ou non, dans une machine ou un équipement industriel, qui vise à en améliorer les performances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'avènement du féminisme, mais d'un féminisme sérieux et familial, sera de toute manière indispensable à la rénovation de nos manières de vivre.
  2. En France particulièrement, deux grands géodésiens, le général François Perrier (1833-1888) et son fils le général Georges Perrier (mort en 1946), accomplirent les travaux monumentaux qui allaient aboutir à une rénovation complète de la géodésie française.

This word in other languages

renovation(English)renovación(Español)Renovierung(Deutsch)reforma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • renovation
  • rnéovation
  • rrénovation
  • rénnovation
  • rénoavtion
  • rénovaiton
  • rénovatino
  • rénovationn
  • rénovatoin
  • rénovattion
  • rénovtaion
  • rénovvation
  • rénvoation
  • réonvation
  • érnovation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

renovation1rnéovation2rrénovation1rénnovation1rénoavtion2rénovaiton2rénovatino2rénovationn1
Edit distance from "rénovation"

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 "rénovation"?
"rénovation" is spelled R-É-N-O-V-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\.
What does "rénovation" mean?
As a noun, "rénovation" means: Renouvellement, régénération physique ou morale.
What words are commonly confused with "rénovation"?
"rénovation" is commonly confused with "révocation", "rénovations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rénovation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rénovation" is \ʁe.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rénovation" come from?
"rénovation" 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 "rénovation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

répertoire#5,811variations#5,824numériques#5,791manifester#5,782

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

condamnés15 variantsdistinguer15 variantsdéfinitive15 variantscommunistes15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list