Which to use
“renommé” is an adjective and “renommée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,857
- “renommé” frequency rank
- #7,752
- “renommée” frequency rank
- 26609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renommé | renommée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est réputé, célèbre. | Renom, réputation. |
Letter map: renommé vs renommée
Shared letters muted; letters that set renommé and renommée apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. renommé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against renommée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: renommé vs renommée
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: renommé is anadjective and renomméeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “renommé” sits inside “renommée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renommé is recorded at frequency rank #18,857, classified as anadj. renommée is at rank #7,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ.me\.
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 26609, this pair ranks #333,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renommé vs renommée
Shared letters: emnoré. Private to "renommé": -. Private to "renommée": -.
"renommé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "renommée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renommé" and "renommée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "renommé" or "renommée"?
After this comparison
You've compared "renommé" and "renommée". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "renommé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renommée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renommé" and "renommée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renommé vs renommées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.