Which to use
“renvoyée” and “renvoyées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,043
- “renvoyée” frequency rank
- #46,410
- “renvoyées” frequency rank
- 64453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyée | renvoyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de renvoyer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyée vs renvoyées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. renvoyée runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVV) against renvoyées's 9 (CVCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renvoyée vs renvoyées
This is the hard kind. renvoyée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “renvoyée” sits inside “renvoyées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyée is recorded at frequency rank #18,043, 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 64453, this pair ranks #77,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyée vs renvoyées
Shared letters: enorvyé. Private to "renvoyée": -. Private to "renvoyées": s.
"renvoyée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV · "renvoyées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renvoyée" for "renvoyées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "renvoyée" or "renvoyées"?
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 "renvoyée" 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 #77,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyée" and "renvoyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénovées vs renvoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #77,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.