renvoi
\ʁɑ̃.vwa\
The verdict
“renvoi” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,571 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,571
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de renvoyer.
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 | renvoi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.vwa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “renvoi” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for renvoi is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.vwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,571 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for renvoi, with forms such as "ernvoi", "rennvoi", and "renovi". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Renzi", "revoir", "revois", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 renvoi, spelled R-E-N-V-O-I.
Definition
- 1Action de renvoyer.
- 2Renvoi téléphonique.
- 3En parlant d’une personne, action de retirer à quelqu’un sa fonction, son emploi, de le congédier.
- 4Ajournement, remise.
- 5Action de renvoyer une demande, une proposition, etc., à ceux qui doivent l’examiner, y faire droit, ou en rendre compte.
- 6Il désigne particulièrement, en termes de jurisprudence, l’action de renvoyer une partie, un procès en matière civile ou criminelle devant un autre tribunal que le tribunal saisi.
- 7En parlant d’un texte, désigne une marque, chiffre, lettre ou signe, qui renvoie le lecteur à une marque semblable placée hors du texte et après laquelle se trouve une note.
- 8Avertissement qui indique qu’on trouvera à une autre page du même livre la suite de ce qui est interrompu.
- 9Il se dit également en parlant d’un acte notarié, d’un écrit, et désigne la marque qui renvoie à une addition écrite en marge ou au bas de la page et qui doit se joindre au texte ; il se dit aussi de l’addition même.
- 10Signe qui, correspondant à un autre signe semblable, indique qu’il faut recommencer à l’endroit où ce dernier se trouve placé.
- 11Éructation produite par une contraction de l’estomac.
- 12Dispositif de guidage d’un lien souple — cordage, élingue, chaîne… — et permettant un changement de la direction de l’effort de traction.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ernvoi,rennvoi,renovi,renvio,renvvoi,revnoi,rnevoi,rrenvoi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renvoi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “renvoi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-V-O-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃.vwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Renzi” - see the side-by-side comparison. renvoi vs Renzi
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.