rendrevsrendrezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#514
“rendre” frequency rank
#37,036
“rendrez” frequency rank
37550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendre rendrez
Definition Remettre une chose entre les mains de celui à qui elle appartient, de quelque manière qu’on l’ait eue. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de rendre.

Where the eye mixes rendre and rendrez

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

6 ch
rendre
7 ch
rendrez

Visual trap between rendre and rendrez

A purely visual mix-up. rendre (\ʁɑ̃dʁ\) and rendrez (\ʁɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “rendre” sits inside “rendrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendre is recorded at frequency rank #514, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃dʁ\. rendrez is at rank #37,036, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁe\.

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 37550, this pair ranks #261,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendre vs rendrez

Shared letters: denr. Private to "rendre": -. Private to "rendrez": z.

"rendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "rendrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendreerndre · rednre · renddre · render · rendrre · renndre · renrde · rnedre
  • rendrezerndrez · rednrez · renddrez · renderz · rendrezz · rendrrez · rendrze · renndrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rendre" and "rendrez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃dʁ\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rendre" or "rendrez"?
"rendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #514 in our French list, against #37,036 for "rendrez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendre" and "rendrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendrez vs réparez". 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 #261,697 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