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

#4,979
“rendue” frequency rank
#4,525
“rendus” frequency rank
9504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rendue rendus
Definition Féminin singulier de rendu. Masculin pluriel de rendu.

Same sound, different letters: rendue vs rendus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

6 ch
rendue
6 ch
rendus

Homophone desk: rendue vs rendus

This is the hard kind. rendue 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 a single letter - e in “rendue” becomes s in “rendus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rendue is recorded at frequency rank #4,979, 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 9504, this pair ranks #416,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rendue vs rendus

Shared letters: denru. Private to "rendue": -. Private to "rendus": s.

"rendue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "rendus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rendueerndue · rednue · renddue · rendeu · renndue · renude · rnedue · rrendue
  • renduserndus · rednus · renddus · rendsu · renduss · renndus · renuds · rnedus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rendue" and "rendus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɑ̃.dy\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "rendue" vs "rendus" - which ranks higher?
"rendus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,525 in our French list, against #4,979 for "rendue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"rendue" and "rendus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rendue" 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 #416,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rendue" and "rendus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs rendue". 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 #416,402 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