Which to use
“renvoyés” and “renvoyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,260
- “renvoyés” frequency rank
- #44,687
- “renvoyez” frequency rank
- 64947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyés | renvoyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de renvoyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renvoyer. |
Same sound, different letters: renvoyés vs renvoyez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. renvoyés and renvoyez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - renvoyés and renvoyez
This is the hard kind. renvoyés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyés is recorded at frequency rank #20,260, 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 64947, this pair ranks #74,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyés vs renvoyez
Shared letters: enorvy. Private to "renvoyés": sé. Private to "renvoyez": z.
"renvoyés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "renvoyez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renvoyez ← ernvoyez · rennvoyez · renovyez · renvoeyz · renvoyezz · renvoyyez · renvoyze · renvvoyez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "renvoyés" and "renvoyez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "renvoyés" vs "renvoyez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "renvoyés" / "renvoyez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyés" 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 #74,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyés" 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 #74,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.