Which to use
“renom” and “renvoi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,230
- “renom” frequency rank
- #10,571
- “renvoi” frequency rank
- 25801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renom | renvoi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réputation ; opinion que le public a d’une personne, d’une chose. | Action de renvoyer. |
Where the eye mixes renom and renvoi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. renom runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against renvoi's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses renom with renvoi
A purely visual mix-up. renom (\ʁə.nɔ̃\) and renvoi (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renom is recorded at frequency rank #15,230, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ̃\. renvoi is at rank #10,571, tagged as anoun, 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 25801, this pair ranks #338,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renom vs renvoi
Shared letters: enor. Private to "renom": m. Private to "renvoi": iv.
"renom" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "renvoi" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renom" and "renvoi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "renom" or "renvoi"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "renom" and "renvoi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renom" and "renvoi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénal vs renom". 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 #338,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.