Which to use
“renouvelée” and “renouvelés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,132
- “renouvelée” frequency rank
- #31,219
- “renouvelés” frequency rank
- 45351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renouvelée | renouvelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de renouveler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renouveler. |
Same sound, different letters: renouvelée vs renouvelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. renouvelée (CVCVVCVCVV) and renouvelés (CVCVVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - renouvelée / renouvelés
This is the hard kind. renouvelée 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 a single letter - e in “renouvelée” becomes s in “renouvelés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renouvelée is recorded at frequency rank #14,132, 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 45351, this pair ranks #203,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renouvelée vs renouvelés
Shared letters: elnoruvé. Private to "renouvelée": -. Private to "renouvelés": s.
"renouvelée" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVV · "renouvelés" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renouvelée" and "renouvelés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "renouvelée" or "renouvelés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "renouvelée" / "renouvelés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelée" 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 #203,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renouvelée" and "renouvelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvelés vs rénovées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #203,361 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.