Which to use
“renommées” is a noun and “renommés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,686
- “renommées” frequency rank
- #28,717
- “renommés” frequency rank
- 73403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renommées | renommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de renommée. | Masculin pluriel de renommé. |
Same sound, different letters: renommées vs renommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. renommées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against renommés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renommées vs renommés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: renommées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73403, 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\. 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 73403, this pair ranks #40,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renommées vs renommés
Shared letters: emnorsé. Private to "renommées": -. Private to "renommés": -.
"renommées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "renommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renommées" and "renommés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "renommées" or "renommés"?
What to do next
"renommées" and "renommés" 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 "renommés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renommées" and "renommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformées vs renommées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.