Which to use
“renié” and “renvoie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,515
- “renié” frequency rank
- #6,228
- “renvoie” frequency rank
- 35743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renié | renvoie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. |
Where the eye mixes renié and renvoie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. renié runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against renvoie's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between renié and renvoie
A purely visual mix-up. renié (\ʁə.nje\) and renvoie (\ʁɑ̃.vwa\) 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 35743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renié is recorded at frequency rank #29,515, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nje\. renvoie is at rank #6,228, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa\.
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 35743, this pair ranks #274,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renié vs renvoie
Shared letters: einr. Private to "renié": é. Private to "renvoie": ov.
"renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "renvoie" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoie ← ernvoie · rennvoie · renovie · renvioe · renvoei · renvvoie · revnoie · rnevoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renié" and "renvoie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renié" vs "renvoie" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "renié" and "renvoie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renié" and "renvoie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs renié". 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 #274,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.