Which to use
“renvoie” and “renvoient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,228
- “renvoie” frequency rank
- #18,042
- “renvoient” frequency rank
- 24270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoie | renvoient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoie vs renvoient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoie runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoient's 9 (CVCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renvoie vs renvoient
This is the hard kind. renvoie and renvoient are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.vwa\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “renvoie” sits inside “renvoient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoie is recorded at frequency rank #6,228, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa\. renvoient is at rank #18,042, tagged as averb, 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 24270, this pair ranks #347,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renvoie vs renvoient
Shared letters: einorv. Private to "renvoie": -. Private to "renvoient": t.
"renvoie" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renvoie" for "renvoient" ever safe?
Frequency check: "renvoie" vs "renvoient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"renvoie" and "renvoient" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoie" and "renvoient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoient vs rêvaient". 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 #347,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.