Which to use
“rénovée” and “rénovés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,682
- “rénovée” frequency rank
- #36,580
- “rénovés” frequency rank
- 60262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rénovée | rénovés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de rénover. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de rénover. |
Same sound, different letters: rénovée vs rénovés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rénovée (CVCVCVV) and rénovés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: rénovée vs rénovés
This is the hard kind. rénovée and rénovés are pronounced identically (\ʁe.nɔ.ve\) 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 “rénovée” becomes s in “rénovés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rénovée is recorded at frequency rank #23,682, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.nɔ.ve\. rénovés is at rank #36,580, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.nɔ.ve\.
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 60262, this pair ranks #98,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rénovée vs rénovés
Shared letters: norvé. Private to "rénovée": e. Private to "rénovés": s.
"rénovée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "rénovés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rénovée" for "rénovés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rénovée" vs "rénovés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rénovée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rénovés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rénovée" and "rénovés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénales vs rénovés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #98,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.