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

#18,303
“rendons” frequency rank
#48,152
“rendrons” frequency rank
66455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendons rendrons
Definition Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de rendre. Première personne du pluriel du futur de rendre.

Where the eye mixes rendons and rendrons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
rendons
8 ch
rendrons

Look-alike desk: rendons vs rendrons

A purely visual mix-up. rendons (\ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃\) and rendrons (\ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendons is recorded at frequency rank #18,303, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃\. rendrons is at rank #48,152, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\.

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 66455, this pair ranks #67,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rendons vs rendrons

Shared letters: denors. Private to "rendons": -. Private to "rendrons": -.

"rendons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "rendrons" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendonserndons · rednons · renddons · rendnos · rendonns · rendonss · rendosn · renndons
  • rendronserndrons · rednrons · renddrons · rendorns · rendrnos · rendronns · rendronss · rendrosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendons" and "rendrons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rendons" or "rendrons" show up more?
"rendons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,303 in our French list, against #48,152 for "rendrons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rendons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendons" and "rendrons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendrons vs répondrons". 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 #67,756 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