Which to use
“renvoyé” and “renvoyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,454
- “renvoyé” frequency rank
- #6,435
- “renvoyer” frequency rank
- 14889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyé | renvoyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renvoyer. | Envoyer à nouveau. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyé vs renvoyer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renvoyé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoyer's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - renvoyé / renvoyer
This is the hard kind. renvoyé and renvoyer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14889, 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\. renvoyer is at rank #6,435, 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 14889, this pair ranks #394,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyé vs renvoyer
Shared letters: enorvy. Private to "renvoyé": é. Private to "renvoyer": -.
"renvoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoyer ← ernvoyer · rennvoyer · renovyer · renvoeyr · renvoyerr · renvoyre · renvoyyer · renvvoyer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyé" and "renvoyer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renvoyé" vs "renvoyer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "renvoyé" / "renvoyer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyé" and "renvoyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyé 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 #394,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.