Which to use
“rénale” and “rénales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,560
- “rénale” frequency rank
- #47,018
- “rénales” frequency rank
- 67578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rénale | rénales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rénal. | Féminin pluriel de rénal. |
Same sound, different letters: rénale vs rénales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rénale runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rénales's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rénale and rénales
This is the hard kind. rénale and rénales are pronounced identically (\ʁe.nal\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rénale” sits inside “rénales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rénale is recorded at frequency rank #20,560, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.nal\. rénales is at rank #47,018, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.nal\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67578, this pair ranks #62,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rénale vs rénales
Shared letters: aelnré. Private to "rénale": -. Private to "rénales": s.
"rénale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rénales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rénale" for "rénales" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rénale" or "rénales" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rénale" / "rénales". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rénale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rénales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rénale" and "rénales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénal vs rénales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.