Which to use
“renforce” and “renforcée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,297
- “renforce” frequency rank
- #11,118
- “renforcée” frequency rank
- 19415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renforce | renforcée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de renforcer. |
Where the eye mixes renforce and renforcée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between renforce and renforcée
A purely visual mix-up. renforce (\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\) and renforcée (\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renforce is recorded at frequency rank #8,297, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\. renforcée is at rank #11,118, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.se\.
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 19415, this pair ranks #373,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renforce vs renforcée
Shared letters: cefnor. Private to "renforce": -. Private to "renforcée": é.
"renforce" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "renforcée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renforce ← ernforce · refnorce · renfforce · renfocre · renforcce · renforec · renforrce · renfroce
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renforce" for "renforcée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "renforce" or "renforcée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "renforce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renforcée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renforce" and "renforcée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renfermé vs renforce". 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 #373,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.