Which to use
“renvoyée” and “renvoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,043
- “renvoyée” frequency rank
- #20,260
- “renvoyés” frequency rank
- 38303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyée | renvoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de renvoyer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyée vs renvoyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoyée (CVCCVVVV) and renvoyés (CVCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: renvoyée vs renvoyés
This is the hard kind. renvoyée 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 a single letter - e in “renvoyée” becomes s in “renvoyés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38303, 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\. 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 38303, this pair ranks #256,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyée vs renvoyés
Shared letters: enorvyé. Private to "renvoyée": -. Private to "renvoyés": s.
"renvoyée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVV · "renvoyés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renvoyée" and "renvoyés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "renvoyée" 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 "renvoyée" 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 #256,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyée" and "renvoyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyées vs renvoyés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #256,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.