refait

Name: refait, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁə.fɛ\

/\ʁə.fɛ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“refait” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,880
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refait · refait · French

refait · rank #6,880 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,880
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH recherché

Nearest frequency peer: recherché (-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.

présentées

93,125
pékin

93,123
recherché

93,122
refait

93,121
regretter

93,120
rejeté

93,119

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

refait vs répit

50% similar

refait vs régit

50% similar

refait vs riait

67% similar

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

Key facts for refait
Property	Value
Headword	refait
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ʁə.fɛ\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#6,880
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refait »

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

#6,880

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « recherché » (#6,879), « regretter » (#6,881), « pékin » (#6,878). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refait » est au #6,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around refait (IPA \ʁə.fɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,880 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for refait, with forms such as "erfait", "reafit", and "refaitt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "répit", "régit", "riait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refait, spelled R-E-F-A-I-T.

Definition

1
Fait de nouveau.
2
Réparé, retouché, transformé par chirurgie.
3
En bonne santé.
4
Volé, battu, trompé, eu.
5
Heureux, satisfait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

À les voir, le premier venu penserait qu’elles ne comprennent pas. C’est bien plutôt qu’elles ont été refaites souvent et qu’elles se méfient maintenant de ces choses sublimes.
— Moi aussi, je te jure Dieu que pour un rien je filerais. D’autant que j’ai comme une idée, vois-tu, que nous sommes refaits sur toute la ligne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erfait
reafit
refaitt
refati
reffait
refiat
rfeait
rrefait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refait - 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.

Edit distance from "refait"

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 "refait"?

"refait" is spelled R-E-F-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fɛ\.

What does "refait" mean?

As an adjective, "refait" means: Fait de nouveau.

What words are commonly confused with "refait"?

"refait" is commonly confused with "répit", "régit", "riait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "refait"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refait" is \ʁə.fɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "refait" come from?

"refait" 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 "refait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rejeté#6,882 poèmes#6,870 soeurs#6,890 sonore#6,892

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pékin8 variants party8 variants valise8 variants veiller8 variants