rendezvsrendraWhat's the difference?

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“rendez” and “rendra” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#987
“rendez” frequency rank
#6,744
“rendra” frequency rank
7731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendez rendra
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de rendre. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de rendre.

Where the eye mixes rendez and rendra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rendez (CVCCVC) and rendra (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
rendez
6 ch
rendra

Look-alike desk: rendez vs rendra

A purely visual mix-up. rendez (\ʁɑ̃.de\) and rendra (\ʁɑ̃.dʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendez is recorded at frequency rank #987, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.de\. rendra is at rank #6,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁa\.

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 7731, this pair ranks #422,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rendez vs rendra

Shared letters: denr. Private to "rendez": z. Private to "rendra": a.

"rendez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "rendra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendezerndez · rednez · renddez · rendezz · rendze · renedz · renndez · rnedez
  • rendraerndra · rednra · rendar · renddra · rendrra · renndra · renrda · rnedra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendez" and "rendra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.de\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rendez" vs "rendra" - which ranks higher?
"rendez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #987 in our French list, against #6,744 for "rendra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rendez" and "rendra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #422,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendez" and "rendra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Renata vs rendra". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #422,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list