Which to use
“renommées” is a noun and “renommer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,686
- “renommées” frequency rank
- #31,686
- “renommer” frequency rank
- 76372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renommées | renommer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de renommée. | Donner un nouveau nom. |
Same sound, different letters: renommées vs renommer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renommées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against renommer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - renommées / renommer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: renommées and renommer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renommées is recorded at frequency rank #44,686, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ.me\. renommer is at rank #31,686, tagged as averb, 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 76372, this pair ranks #31,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renommées vs renommer
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "renommées": sé. Private to "renommer": -.
"renommées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "renommer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renommer ← ernommer · renmomer · rennommer · renomemr · renomer · renommerr · renommre · reonmmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renommées" and "renommer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renommées" vs "renommer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"renommées" and "renommer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renommées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renommer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renommées" and "renommer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformées vs renommées". 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 #31,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.