Which to use
“renvoyé” and “renvoyées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,454
- “renvoyé” frequency rank
- #46,410
- “renvoyées” frequency rank
- 54864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyé | renvoyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renvoyer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyé vs renvoyées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoyé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoyées's 9 (CVCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - renvoyé / renvoyées
This is the hard kind. renvoyé and renvoyées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “renvoyé” sits inside “renvoyées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54864, 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\. renvoyées is at rank #46,410, 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 54864, this pair ranks #131,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyé vs renvoyées
Shared letters: enorvyé. Private to "renvoyé": -. Private to "renvoyées": s.
"renvoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renvoyé" for "renvoyées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "renvoyé" or "renvoyées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyé" and "renvoyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénovées vs renvoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.