Which to use
“renouvelé” and “renouvelés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,119
- “renouvelé” frequency rank
- #31,219
- “renouvelés” frequency rank
- 42338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renouvelé | renouvelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renouveler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renouveler. |
Same sound, different letters: renouvelé vs renouvelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. renouvelé runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against renouvelés's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - renouvelé and renouvelés
This is the hard kind. renouvelé and renouvelés 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 “renouvelés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42338, 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\. renouvelés is at rank #31,219, 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 42338, this pair ranks #226,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renouvelé vs renouvelés
Shared letters: elnoruvé. Private to "renouvelé": -. Private to "renouvelés": s.
"renouvelé" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "renouvelés" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renouvelé" and "renouvelés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "renouvelé" vs "renouvelés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "renouvelé" / "renouvelés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renouvelé" and "renouvelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvelés vs rénovées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #226,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.