rendrasvsrenduesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rendras is a verb, rendues is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rendras” is a verb and “rendues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,686
“rendras” frequency rank
#13,245
“rendues” frequency rank
48931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendras rendues
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du futur du verbe rendre. Féminin pluriel de rendu.

Where the eye mixes rendras and rendues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
rendras
7 ch
rendues

Visual trap between rendras and rendues

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rendras is \ʁɑ̃d.ʁa\ while rendues is \ʁɑ̃.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendras is recorded at frequency rank #35,686, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃d.ʁa\. rendues is at rank #13,245, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dy\.

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 48931, this pair ranks #174,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendras vs rendues

Shared letters: denrs. Private to "rendras": a. Private to "rendues": u.

"rendras" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "rendues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendraserndras · rednras · rendars · renddras · rendrass · rendrras · rendrsa · renndras
  • rendueserndues · rednues · renddues · rendeus · renduess · renduse · renndues · renudes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendras" and "rendues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rendras" is a verb and "rendues" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rendras" vs "rendues" - which ranks higher?
"rendues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,245 in our French list, against #35,686 for "rendras". 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 "rendras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendras" and "rendues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendras vs rendrons". 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 #174,907 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