renomméesvsrenommerConfusable pair

Quick tell: renommées is a noun, renommer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
renommées
8 ch
renommer

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "renommées" is a noun and "renommer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "renommées" vs "renommer" - which ranks higher?
"renommer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,686 in our French list, against #44,686 for "renommées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list