Which to use
“renouvellement” and “renouvellements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,700
- “renouvellement” frequency rank
- #49,907
- “renouvellements” frequency rank
- 55607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renouvellement | renouvellements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de renouveler ou de se renouveler, résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de renouvellement. |
Same sound, different letters: renouvellement vs renouvellements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. renouvellement runs 14 letters (CVCVVCVCCVCVCC) against renouvellements's 15 (CVCVVCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renouvellement vs renouvellements
This is the hard kind. renouvellement and renouvellements are pronounced identically (\ʁə.nu.vɛl.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “renouvellement” sits inside “renouvellements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renouvellement is recorded at frequency rank #5,700, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nu.vɛl.mɑ̃\. renouvellements is at rank #49,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.nu.vɛl.mɑ̃\.
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 55607, this pair ranks #126,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renouvellement vs renouvellements
Shared letters: elmnortuv. Private to "renouvellement": -. Private to "renouvellements": s.
"renouvellement" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVCVCC · "renouvellements" · 15 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renouvellement ← ernouvellement · rennouvellement · renouevllement · renouvelelment · renouvelement · renouvelleemnt · renouvellemennt · renouvellementt
- renouvellements ← ernouvellements · rennouvellements · renouevllements · renouvelelments · renouvelements · renouvelleemnts · renouvellemennts · renouvellemenst
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renouvellement" and "renouvellements" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "renouvellement" or "renouvellements"?
Useful next steps
"renouvellement" and "renouvellements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvellement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renouvellements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renouvellement" and "renouvellements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renouvellement vs renouvellent". 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 #126,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.