rendrezvsrentrerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#37,036
“rendrez” frequency rank
#1,341
“rentrer” frequency rank
38377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendrez rentrer
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de rendre. Entrer de nouveau, entrer après être sorti, revenir à.

Where the eye mixes rendrez and rentrer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rendrez and rentrer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rendrez
7 ch
rentrer

Look-alike desk: rendrez vs rentrer

A purely visual mix-up. rendrez (\ʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and rentrer (\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendrez is recorded at frequency rank #37,036, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁe\. rentrer is at rank #1,341, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\.

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 38377, this pair ranks #255,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendrez vs rentrer

Shared letters: enr. Private to "rendrez": dz. Private to "rentrer": t.

"rendrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "rentrer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendrez ← erndrez · rednrez · renddrez · renderz · rendrezz · rendrrez · rendrze · renndrez
  • rentrer ← erntrer · renntrer · renrter · renterr · rentrerr · rentrre · rentrrer · renttrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rendrez" and "rentrer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.dʁe\ versus \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rendrez" or "rentrer" show up more?
"rentrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,341 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.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rentrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #255,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendrez" and "rentrer" 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 #255,685 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