renvoyer

/\ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,435

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

renvoyer is aFrenchverb. It means: Envoyer à nouveau. Pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\. It ranks #6,435 in French word frequency. Often confused with renvoyés and renvoyez.

Key facts for renvoyer
PropertyValue
Headwordrenvoyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,435
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of renvoyer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for renvoyer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,435 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for renvoyer, with forms such as "ernvoyer", "rennvoyer", and "renovyer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "renvoyés", "renvoyez", "renvoie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is renvoyer, spelled R-E-N-V-O-Y-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envoyer à nouveau.
  2. 2
    Faire reporter à une personne une chose qu’elle avait envoyée.
  3. 3
    Faire reporter à une personne une chose qui lui appartient et qu’elle avait prêtée ou laissée par mégarde en quelque endroit.
  4. 4
    Faire retourner quelqu’un ou quelque chose au lieu d’où il était envoyé, d’où il était parti.
  5. 5
    Congédier quelqu’un, lui donner son congé.
  6. 6
    Adresser une personne à quelqu’un ou en quelque lieu, pour l’éclaircissement de quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Transmettre, communiquer à ceux qui doivent les examiner, en parlant des demandes, des propositions, etc. ; y faire droit ou en rendre compte.
  8. 8
    Répercuter ; donner en retour.
  9. 9
    Ordonner qu’une partie se pourvoira ou qu’un accusé sera traduit devant tel ou tel juge.
  10. 10
    Remettre à un autre temps.
  11. 11
    Envoyer en sens contraire, relancer, réfléchir, répercuter.
  12. 12
    Vomir.
  13. 13
    Transmettre la sortie d'une commande à l'utilisateur, retourner.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ernvoyer,rennvoyer,renovyer,renvoeyr,renvoyerr,renvoyre,renvoyyer,renvvoyer,renvyoer,revnoyer,rnevoyer,rrenvoyer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for renvoyer

Misspelling Variants of "renvoyer"

ernvoyer8rennvoyer9renovyer8renvoeyr8renvoyerr9renvoyre8renvoyyer9renvvoyer9
Misspelling Variants of "renvoyer"

Frequency rank: #6,435 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "renvoyer"?
"renvoyer" is spelled R-E-N-V-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\.
What does "renvoyer" mean?
As a verb, "renvoyer" means: Envoyer à nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "renvoyer"?
"renvoyer" is commonly confused with "renvoyés", "renvoyez", "renvoie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renvoyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renvoyer" is \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renvoyer" come from?
"renvoyer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.