Which to use
“renonça” and “renoncez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,154
- “renonça” frequency rank
- #48,761
- “renoncez” frequency rank
- 96915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renonça | renoncez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de renoncer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renoncer. |
Where the eye mixes renonça and renoncez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. renonça runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against renoncez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between renonça and renoncez
A purely visual mix-up. renonça (\ʁə.nɔ̃.sa\) and renoncez (\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 96915, 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\. renoncez is at rank #48,761, 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 96915, this pair ranks #522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renonça vs renoncez
Shared letters: enor. Private to "renonça": aç. Private to "renoncez": cz.
"renonça" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "renoncez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renoncez ← ernoncez · rennocez · rennoncez · renocnez · renonccez · renoncezz · renoncze · renonecz
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renonça" for "renoncez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "renonça" or "renoncez" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "renonça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renoncez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renonça" and "renoncez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renonça vs renonçait". 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 #522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.