Which to use
“renvoyées” and “renvoyés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,410
- “renvoyées” frequency rank
- #20,260
- “renvoyés” frequency rank
- 66670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyées | renvoyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de renvoyer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyées vs renvoyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. renvoyées runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVVC) against renvoyés's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - renvoyées and renvoyés
This is the hard kind. renvoyées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyées is recorded at frequency rank #46,410, 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 66670, this pair ranks #66,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyées vs renvoyés
Shared letters: enorsvyé. Private to "renvoyées": -. Private to "renvoyés": -.
"renvoyées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC · "renvoyés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renvoyées" for "renvoyés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "renvoyées" or "renvoyés"?
Useful next steps
"renvoyées" and "renvoyés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyées" 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 #66,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyées" and "renvoyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénovées vs renvoyées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,802 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.