Which to use
“renvoyé” and “renvoyée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,454
- “renvoyé” frequency rank
- #18,043
- “renvoyée” frequency rank
- 26497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyé | renvoyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renvoyer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyé vs renvoyée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoyé 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.
Same sound, different spelling - renvoyé / renvoyée
This is the hard kind. renvoyé and renvoyée are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “renvoyé” sits inside “renvoyée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyé is recorded at frequency rank #8,454, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.je\. 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 26497, this pair ranks #334,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyé vs renvoyée
Shared letters: enorvyé. Private to "renvoyé": -. Private to "renvoyée": -.
"renvoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyé" and "renvoyée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "renvoyé" or "renvoyée" show up more?
Useful next steps
"renvoyé" and "renvoyée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyé" 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 #334,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyé" and "renvoyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyée vs renvoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #334,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.