# refused vs reuse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### refused
*verb · IPA /ɹɪˈfjuːzd/ · frequency rank #2,806*
simple past and past participle of refuse

### reuse
*noun · IPA /ɹiːˈjuːs/ · frequency rank #17,938*
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-reuse