Which to use
“rendre” and “renié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #514
- “rendre” frequency rank
- #29,515
- “renié” frequency rank
- 30029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rendre | renié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Remettre une chose entre les mains de celui à qui elle appartient, de quelque manière qu’on l’ait eue. | Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. |
Where the eye mixes rendre and renié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rendre vs renié
A purely visual mix-up. rendre (\ʁɑ̃dʁ\) and renié (\ʁə.nje\) 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 30029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rendre is recorded at frequency rank #514, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃dʁ\. renié is at rank #29,515, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nje\.
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 30029, this pair ranks #312,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rendre vs renié
Shared letters: enr. Private to "rendre": d. Private to "renié": ié.
"rendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rendre ← erndre · rednre · renddre · render · rendrre · renndre · renrde · rnedre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rendre" and "renié" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rendre" or "renié"?
What to do next
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 "renié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rendre" and "renié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs renié". 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 #312,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.