Which to use
“renvoie” and “renvoyée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,228
- “renvoie” frequency rank
- #18,043
- “renvoyée” frequency rank
- 24271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoie | renvoyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de renvoyer. |
Where the eye mixes renvoie and renvoyée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. renvoie runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoyée's 8 (CVCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses renvoie with renvoyée
A purely visual mix-up. renvoie (\ʁɑ̃.vwa\) and renvoyée (\ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24271, 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\. renvoyée is at rank #18,043, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\.
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 24271, this pair ranks #347,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renvoie vs renvoyée
Shared letters: enorv. Private to "renvoie": i. Private to "renvoyée": yé.
"renvoie" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoie ← ernvoie · rennvoie · renovie · renvioe · renvoei · renvvoie · revnoie · rnevoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renvoie" and "renvoyée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "renvoie" vs "renvoyée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoie" and "renvoyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyée vs renvoyées". 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 #347,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.