Which to use
“renommée” is a noun and “renommés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,752
- “renommée” frequency rank
- #28,717
- “renommés” frequency rank
- 36469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renommée | renommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Renom, réputation. | Masculin pluriel de renommé. |
Same sound, different letters: renommée vs renommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renommée (CVCVCCVV) and renommés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - renommée / renommés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: renommée and renommés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “renommée” becomes s in “renommés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renommée is recorded at frequency rank #7,752, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ.me\. renommés is at rank #28,717, tagged as anadj, 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 36469, this pair ranks #269,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renommée vs renommés
Shared letters: emnoré. Private to "renommée": -. Private to "renommés": s.
"renommée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "renommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renommée" and "renommés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "renommée" or "renommés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "renommée" / "renommés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renommée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renommés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renommée" and "renommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renommés vs rénovées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #269,370 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.