Which to use
“renvoie” is a verb and “renvois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,228
- “renvoie” frequency rank
- #31,687
- “renvois” frequency rank
- 37915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoie | renvois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. | Pluriel de renvoi. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoie vs renvois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renvoie (CVCCVVV) and renvois (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: renvoie vs renvois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: renvoie and renvois carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɑ̃.vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “renvoie” becomes s in “renvois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37915, 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\. 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 37915, this pair ranks #259,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoie vs renvois
Shared letters: einorv. Private to "renvoie": -. Private to "renvois": s.
"renvoie" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvois" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoie" and "renvois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "renvoie" or "renvois"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoie" 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 #259,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoie" 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 #259,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.