Which to use
“renvoi” and “renvois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,571
- “renvoi” frequency rank
- #31,687
- “renvois” frequency rank
- 42258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoi | renvois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de renvoyer. | Pluriel de renvoi. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoi vs renvois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renvoi runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against renvois's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - renvoi / renvois
This is the hard kind. renvoi and renvois are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.vwa\) 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) - “renvoi” sits inside “renvois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoi is recorded at frequency rank #10,571, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa\. renvois is at rank #31,687, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa\.
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 42258, this pair ranks #226,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoi vs renvois
Shared letters: einorv. Private to "renvoi": -. Private to "renvois": s.
"renvoi" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "renvois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoi" and "renvois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "renvoi" or "renvois" show up more?
What to do next
"renvoi" and "renvois" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoi" and "renvois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvois vs revoie". 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 #226,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.