reniévsréunitWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#29,515
“renié” frequency rank
#5,608
“réunit” frequency rank
35123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renié réunit
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de réunir.

Where the eye mixes renié and réunit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. renié runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against réunit's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
renié
6 ch
réunit

Visual trap between renié and réunit

A purely visual mix-up. renié (\ʁə.nje\) and réunit (\ʁe.y.ni\) 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 35123, 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\. réunit is at rank #5,608, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.ni\.

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 35123, this pair ranks #279,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renié vs réunit

Shared letters: inré. Private to "renié": e. Private to "réunit": tu.

"renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "réunit" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "renié" for "réunit" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.nje\ versus \ʁe.y.ni\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "renié" vs "réunit" - which ranks higher?
"réunit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,608 in our French list, against #29,515 for "renié". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "renié" and "réunit" 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 "réunit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renié" and "réunit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs renié". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #279,016 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