rendrezvsrentrésConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#37,036
“rendrez” frequency rank
#13,899
“rentrés” frequency rank
50935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendrez rentrés
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de rendre. Masculin pluriel de rentré.

Where the eye mixes rendrez and rentrés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rendrez and rentrés 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
rentrés

Visual trap between rendrez and rentrés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rendrez is \ʁɑ̃.dʁe\ while rentrés is \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 50935, 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\. rentrés is at rank #13,899, tagged as anadj, 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 50935, this pair ranks #158,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rendrez vs rentrés

Shared letters: enr. Private to "rendrez": dz. Private to "rentrés": sté.

"rendrez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "rentrés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendrez ← erndrez · rednrez · renddrez · renderz · rendrezz · rendrrez · rendrze · renndrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rendrez" and "rentrés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rendrez" is a verb and "rentrés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rendrez" vs "rentrés" - which ranks higher?
"rentrés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,899 in our French list, against #37,036 for "rendrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rentrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendrez" and "rentrés" 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 #158,811 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