Which to use
“rendues” and “rendus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,245
- “rendues” frequency rank
- #4,525
- “rendus” frequency rank
- 17770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rendues | rendus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de rendu. | Masculin pluriel de rendu. |
Same sound, different letters: rendues vs rendus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rendues and rendus
This is the hard kind. rendues 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rendues is recorded at frequency rank #13,245, 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 17770, this pair ranks #381,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rendues vs rendus
Shared letters: denrsu. Private to "rendues": -. Private to "rendus": -.
"rendues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "rendus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rendues" for "rendus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rendues" vs "rendus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"rendues" and "rendus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rendues" 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 #381,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rendues" and "rendus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénales vs rendues". 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 #381,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.