Which to use
“renouvelés” and “renouvelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,219
- “renouvelés” frequency rank
- #15,019
- “renouvelle” frequency rank
- 46238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renouvelés | renouvelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renouveler. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renouveler. |
Where the eye mixes renouvelés and renouvelle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. renouvelés (CVCVVCVCVC) and renouvelle (CVCVVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: renouvelés vs renouvelle
A purely visual mix-up. renouvelés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renouvelés is recorded at frequency rank #31,219, 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 46238, this pair ranks #196,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renouvelés vs renouvelle
Shared letters: elnoruv. Private to "renouvelés": sé. Private to "renouvelle": -.
"renouvelés" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC · "renouvelle" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renouvelle ← ernouvelle · rennouvelle · renouevlle · renouvelel · renouvlele · renouvvelle · renovuelle · renuovelle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renouvelés" for "renouvelle" ever safe?
Which is more common, "renouvelés" or "renouvelle"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "renouvelés" and "renouvelle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvelés" 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 #196,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renouvelés" and "renouvelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvelés vs rénovées". 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 #196,500 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.