Which to use
“renonça” and “renoncer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,154
- “renonça” frequency rank
- #5,495
- “renoncer” frequency rank
- 53649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renonça | renoncer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de renoncer. | Se désister de quelque chose, soit par acte exprès, soit autrement. |
Where the eye mixes renonça and renoncer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. renonça runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against renoncer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: renonça vs renoncer
A purely visual mix-up. renonça (\ʁə.nɔ̃.sa\) and renoncer (\ʁə.nɔ̃.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53649, 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\. renoncer is at rank #5,495, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ̃.se\.
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 53649, this pair ranks #139,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renonça vs renoncer
Shared letters: enor. Private to "renonça": aç. Private to "renoncer": c.
"renonça" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "renoncer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renoncer ← ernoncer · rennocer · rennoncer · renocner · renonccer · renoncerr · renoncre · renonecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renonça" and "renoncer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "renonça" or "renoncer"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "renonça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renoncer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renonça" and "renoncer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renonça vs renoncez". 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 #139,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.