Which to use
“rendu” and “rendus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,042
- “rendu” frequency rank
- #4,525
- “rendus” frequency rank
- 5567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rendu | rendus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est remis à destination. (Voir aussi rendu Rouen.) | Masculin pluriel de rendu. |
Same sound, different letters: rendu vs rendus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rendu and rendus
This is the hard kind. rendu and rendus are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.dy\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rendu” sits inside “rendus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rendu is recorded at frequency rank #1,042, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dy\. rendus is at rank #4,525, 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 5567, this pair ranks #428,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rendu vs rendus
Shared letters: denru. Private to "rendu": -. Private to "rendus": s.
"rendu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rendus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rendu" and "rendus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rendu" or "rendus"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rendu" / "rendus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rendu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rendus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rendu" and "rendus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rendus vs revendus". 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 #428,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.