Which to use
“renoncer” and “renoncez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,495
- “renoncer” frequency rank
- #48,761
- “renoncez” frequency rank
- 54256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renoncer | renoncez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se désister de quelque chose, soit par acte exprès, soit autrement. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renoncer. |
Same sound, different letters: renoncer vs renoncez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renoncer and renoncez 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 - renoncer and renoncez
This is the hard kind. renoncer and renoncez are pronounced identically (\ʁə.nɔ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “renoncer” becomes z in “renoncez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renoncer is recorded at frequency rank #5,495, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nɔ̃.se\. 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 54256, this pair ranks #135,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renoncer vs renoncez
Shared letters: cenor. Private to "renoncer": -. Private to "renoncez": z.
"renoncer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "renoncez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renoncer" and "renoncez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "renoncer" or "renoncez" show up more?
After this comparison
"renoncer" and "renoncez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renoncer" 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 #135,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renoncer" and "renoncez" 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 #135,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.