rentesvsréuniesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rentes is a noun, réunies is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rentes” is a noun and “réunies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,306
“rentes” frequency rank
#9,072
“réunies” frequency rank
27378
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rentes réunies
Definition Pluriel de rente. Participe passé féminin pluriel de réunir.

Where the eye mixes rentes and réunies

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rentes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against réunies's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rentes
7 ch
réunies

Visual trap between rentes and réunies

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rentes is \ʁɑ̃t\ while réunies is \ʁe.y.ni\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rentes is recorded at frequency rank #18,306, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃t\. réunies is at rank #9,072, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.ni\.

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 27378, this pair ranks #329,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rentes vs réunies

Shared letters: enrs. Private to "rentes": t. Private to "réunies": iué.

"rentes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "réunies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rentes ← erntes · renets · renntes · rentess · rentse · renttes · retnes · rnetes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rentes" and "réunies" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rentes" is a noun and "réunies" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rentes" or "réunies" show up more?
"réunies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,072 in our French list, against #18,306 for "rentes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réunies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #329,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rentes" and "réunies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rentes". 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 #329,356 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