Which to use
“renseigner” and “renseignez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,753
- “renseigner” frequency rank
- #29,108
- “renseignez” frequency rank
- 36861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renseigner | renseignez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner des renseignements. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renseigner. |
Same sound, different letters: renseigner vs renseignez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. renseigner and renseignez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - renseigner and renseignez
This is the hard kind. renseigner and renseignez are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe\) 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 - r in “renseigner” becomes z in “renseignez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renseigner is recorded at frequency rank #7,753, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe\. renseignez is at rank #29,108, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe\.
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 36861, this pair ranks #266,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renseigner vs renseignez
Shared letters: eginrs. Private to "renseigner": -. Private to "renseignez": z.
"renseigner" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "renseignez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renseigner ← ernseigner · renesigner · rennseigner · renseginer · renseigenr · renseiggner · renseignerr · renseignner
- renseignez ← ernseignez · renesignez · rennseignez · renseginez · renseigenz · renseiggnez · renseignezz · renseignnez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renseigner" and "renseignez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renseigner" vs "renseignez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "renseigner" / "renseignez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renseigner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renseignez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renseigner" and "renseignez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renseignent vs renseignez". 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 #266,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.