Which to use
“renvoyé” and “renvoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,454
- “renvoyé” frequency rank
- #20,260
- “renvoyés” frequency rank
- 28714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyé | renvoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renvoyer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyé vs renvoyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoyé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoyés's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renvoyé vs renvoyés
This is the hard kind. renvoyé and renvoyés 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 “renvoyés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28714, 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\. renvoyés is at rank #20,260, 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 28714, this pair ranks #321,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyé vs renvoyés
Shared letters: enorvyé. Private to "renvoyé": -. Private to "renvoyés": s.
"renvoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyé" and "renvoyés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renvoyé" vs "renvoyés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "renvoyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyé" and "renvoyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyées vs renvoyés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #321,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.