Which to use
“renonça” is a verb and “renonce” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,154
- “renonça” frequency rank
- #9,378
- “renonce” frequency rank
- 57532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renonça | renonce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de renoncer. | Action de ne pas fournir de la couleur demandée ; état de celui qui ne peut pas fournir d’une couleur. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set renonça and renonce apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: renonça is \ʁə.nɔ̃.sa\ while renonce is \ʁə.nɔ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renonça is recorded at frequency rank #48,154, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ̃.sa\. renonce is at rank #9,378, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ̃s\.
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 57532, this pair ranks #114,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renonça vs renonce
Shared letters: enor. Private to "renonça": aç. Private to "renonce": c.
"renonça" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "renonce" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renonce ← ernonce · rennoce · rennonce · renocne · renoncce · renonec · renonnce · reonnce
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renonça" and "renonce" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "renonça" or "renonce"?
Remembering renonça vs renonce
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “renonça”; for a noun, it's “renonce”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “renonça” entry
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