Which to use
“renvoyait” and “renvoyant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,567
- “renvoyait” frequency rank
- #23,671
- “renvoyant” frequency rank
- 71238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyait | renvoyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de renvoyer. | Participe présent de renvoyer. |
Where the eye mixes renvoyait and renvoyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. renvoyait (CVCCVVVVC) and renvoyant (CVCCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between renvoyait and renvoyant
A purely visual mix-up. renvoyait (\ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\) and renvoyant (\ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “renvoyait” becomes n in “renvoyant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyait is recorded at frequency rank #47,567, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\. renvoyant is at rank #23,671, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃\.
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 71238, this pair ranks #48,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyait vs renvoyant
Shared letters: aenortvy. Private to "renvoyait": i. Private to "renvoyant": -.
"renvoyait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC · "renvoyant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyait" and "renvoyant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "renvoyait" or "renvoyant" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "renvoyait" and "renvoyant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyait" and "renvoyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyait vs revoyant". 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 #48,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.