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“renouvelées” and “renouvelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,012
“renouvelées” frequency rank
#15,019
“renouvelle” frequency rank
54031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renouvelées renouvelle
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de renouveler. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renouveler.

Where the eye mixes renouvelées and renouvelle

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. renouvelées runs 11 letters (CVCVVCVCVVC) against renouvelle's 10 (CVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
renouvelées
10 ch
renouvelle

Why the eye confuses renouvelées with renouvelle

A purely visual mix-up. renouvelées (\ʁə.nu.və.le\) and renouvelle (\ʁə.nu.vɛl\) 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 54031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renouvelées is recorded at frequency rank #39,012, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nu.və.le\. renouvelle is at rank #15,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nu.vɛl\.

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 54031, this pair ranks #136,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renouvelées vs renouvelle

Shared letters: elnoruv. Private to "renouvelées": sé. Private to "renouvelle": -.

"renouvelées" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVVC  ·  "renouvelle" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renouvelle ← ernouvelle · rennouvelle · renouevlle · renouvelel · renouvlele · renouvvelle · renovuelle · renuovelle

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "renouvelées" and "renouvelle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.nu.və.le\ versus \ʁə.nu.vɛl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "renouvelées" vs "renouvelle" - which ranks higher?
"renouvelle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,019 in our French list, against #39,012 for "renouvelées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renouvelées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renouvelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renouvelées" and "renouvelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvelées vs renouvelés". 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 #136,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list