Which to use
“renommer” is a verb and “renommés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,686
- “renommer” frequency rank
- #28,717
- “renommés” frequency rank
- 60403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renommer | renommés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner un nouveau nom. | Masculin pluriel de renommé. |
Same sound, different letters: renommer vs renommés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renommer and renommés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - renommer and renommés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: renommer and renommés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.nɔ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renommer is recorded at frequency rank #31,686, classified as averb, 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 60403, this pair ranks #97,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renommer vs renommés
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "renommer": -. Private to "renommés": sé.
"renommer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "renommés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renommer ← ernommer · renmomer · rennommer · renomemr · renomer · renommerr · renommre · reonmmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renommer" for "renommés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "renommer" vs "renommés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "renommer" 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 #97,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renommer" and "renommés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renommées vs renommer". 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 #97,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.