Which to use
“renouvelé” and “renouvelée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,119
- “renouvelé” frequency rank
- #14,132
- “renouvelée” frequency rank
- 25251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renouvelé | renouvelée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renouveler. | Participe passé féminin singulier de renouveler. |
Same sound, different letters: renouvelé vs renouvelée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. renouvelé runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against renouvelée's 10 (CVCVVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renouvelé vs renouvelée
This is the hard kind. renouvelé and renouvelée are pronounced identically (\ʁə.nu.və.le\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “renouvelé” sits inside “renouvelée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renouvelé is recorded at frequency rank #11,119, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nu.və.le\. renouvelée is at rank #14,132, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nu.və.le\.
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 25251, this pair ranks #341,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renouvelé vs renouvelée
Shared letters: elnoruvé. Private to "renouvelé": -. Private to "renouvelée": -.
"renouvelé" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "renouvelée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renouvelé" and "renouvelée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "renouvelé" or "renouvelée" show up more?
Useful next steps
"renouvelé" and "renouvelée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renouvelé" and "renouvelée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvelée vs renouvelées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #341,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.