Which to use
“renforce” and “renforcées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,297
- “renforce” frequency rank
- #24,362
- “renforcées” frequency rank
- 32659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renforce | renforcées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de renforcer. |
Where the eye mixes renforce and renforcées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: renforce vs renforcées
A purely visual mix-up. renforce (\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\) and renforcées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32659, 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\. renforcées is at rank #24,362, 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 32659, this pair ranks #295,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renforce vs renforcées
Shared letters: cefnor. Private to "renforce": -. Private to "renforcées": sé.
"renforce" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "renforcées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renforce ← ernforce · refnorce · renfforce · renfocre · renforcce · renforec · renforrce · renfroce
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renforce" and "renforcées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renforce" vs "renforcées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "renforce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renforcées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renforce" and "renforcées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformées vs renforcées". 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 #295,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.