Which to use
“renvoyé” and “renvoyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,454
- “renvoyé” frequency rank
- #44,687
- “renvoyez” frequency rank
- 53141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyé | renvoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renvoyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyé vs renvoyez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renvoyé runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against renvoyez's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - renvoyé and renvoyez
This is the hard kind. renvoyé and renvoyez 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 53141, 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\. renvoyez is at rank #44,687, 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 53141, this pair ranks #142,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyé vs renvoyez
Shared letters: enorvy. Private to "renvoyé": é. Private to "renvoyez": z.
"renvoyé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "renvoyez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoyez ← ernvoyez · rennvoyez · renovyez · renvoeyz · renvoyezz · renvoyyez · renvoyze · renvvoyez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renvoyé" for "renvoyez" ever safe?
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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 "renvoyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyé" and "renvoyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyées vs renvoyez". 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 #142,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.