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

#18,303
“rendons” frequency rank
#18,304
“rendront” frequency rank
36607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes rendons and rendront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
rendons
8 ch
rendront

Why the eye confuses rendons with rendront

A purely visual mix-up. rendons (\ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃\) and rendront (\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 36607, 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\. rendront is at rank #18,304, 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 36607, this pair ranks #268,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendons vs rendront

Shared letters: denor. Private to "rendons": s. Private to "rendront": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendonserndons · rednons · renddons · rendnos · rendonns · rendonss · rendosn · renndons
  • rendronterndront · rednront · renddront · rendornt · rendrnot · rendronnt · rendrontt · rendrotn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rendons" and "rendront" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "rendons" or "rendront"?
"rendons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,303 in our French list, against #18,304 for "rendront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendons" and "rendront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendront vs réuniront". 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 #268,402 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