Which to use
“renvoyées” and “renvoyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,410
- “renvoyées” frequency rank
- #44,687
- “renvoyez” frequency rank
- 91097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyées | renvoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de renvoyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyées vs renvoyez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. renvoyées runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVVC) against renvoyez's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: renvoyées vs renvoyez
This is the hard kind. renvoyées 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 91097, 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\. 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 91097, this pair ranks #4,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyées vs renvoyez
Shared letters: enorvy. Private to "renvoyées": sé. Private to "renvoyez": z.
"renvoyées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC · "renvoyez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoyez ← ernvoyez · rennvoyez · renovyez · renvoeyz · renvoyezz · renvoyyez · renvoyze · renvvoyez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyées" and "renvoyez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renvoyées" vs "renvoyez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "renvoyées" / "renvoyez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyées" 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 #4,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyées" and "renvoyez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénovées vs renvoyées". 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 #4,164 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.