refaire

\ʁə.fɛʁ\

/\ʁə.fɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“refaire” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,357
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de nouveau ce qu’on a déjà fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refaire · refaire · French

refaire · rank #3,357 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,357
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH qualités

Nearest frequency peer: qualités (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « refaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « refaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

refaire vs retiré
57% similar
refaire vs refait
71% similar
refaire vs relire
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for refaire
PropertyValue
Headwordrefaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.fɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,357
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).refairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « qualités » (#3,356), « réactions » (#3,358), « profond » (#3,355). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refaire » est au #3,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around refaire (IPA \ʁə.fɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,357 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for refaire, with forms such as "erfaire", "reafire", and "refaier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "retiré", "refait", "relire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is refaire, spelled R-E-F-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire de nouveau ce qu’on a déjà fait.
  2. 2
    Faire une chose pour la première fois, mais à l’imitation de quelqu’un qui l’a déjà faite.
  3. 3
    Réparer, raccommoder, rajuster une chose ruinée ou abîmée.
  4. 4
    Recommencer.
  5. 5
    Remettre en vigueur et en bon état.
  6. 6
    Réapprovisionner.
  7. 7
    Tromper, duper.
  8. 8
    Redonner les cartes.
  9. 9
    Rétablir sa fortune, se récupérer de ses pertes.
  10. 10
    Rétablir sa fortune, se récupérer de ses pertes.
  11. 11
    Reregarder quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how refaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Vois-tu, cousin, tout est possible à Paris, en bien comme en mal, juste et injuste. Tout s’y fait, tout s’y défait, tout s’y refait.
  2. Mais le Firecrest faisait toujours un peu d'eau, et je décidai de le remettre une nouvelle fois à terre et de terminer par là où j'aurais dû commencer en enlevant complétement le doublage en cuivre et en refaisant le calfatage de la coque.

This word in other languages

remake(English)reparar(Español)wiederholen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfaire
  • reafire
  • refaier
  • refairre
  • refarie
  • reffaire
  • refiare
  • rfeaire
  • rrefaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erfaire2reafire2refaier2refairre1refarie2reffaire1refiare2rfeaire2
Edit distance from "refaire"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refaire"?
"refaire" is spelled R-E-F-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fɛʁ\.
What does "refaire" mean?
As a verb, "refaire" means: Faire de nouveau ce qu’on a déjà fait.
What words are commonly confused with "refaire"?
"refaire" is commonly confused with "retiré", "refait", "relire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refaire" is \ʁə.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refaire" come from?
"refaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

profond#3,355sauvage#3,361pierres#3,349papiers#3,346

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

placer9 variantspascal9 variantsvoyant9 variantsgalerie9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list