refonte

\ʁə.fɔ̃t\

/\ʁə.fɔ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“refonte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,895
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de remettre à la fonte, en parlant spécialement des monnaies dont on fait de nouvelles espèces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refonte · refonte · French

refonte · rank #13,895 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,895
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH redevenir

Nearest frequency peer: redevenir (-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 « refonte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « refonte » 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).

refonte vs remote
71% similar
refonte vs réponse
57% similar
refonte vs remonte
86% similar

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

Key facts for refonte
PropertyValue
Headwordrefonte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.fɔ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,895
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refonte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.refontese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « redevenir » (#13,894), « refusée » (#13,896), « recharge » (#13,893). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refonte » est au #13,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around refonte (IPA \ʁə.fɔ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,895 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refonte, with forms such as "erfonte", "reffonte", and "refnote". 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, "remote", "réponse", "remonte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is refonte, spelled R-E-F-O-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de remettre à la fonte, en parlant spécialement des monnaies dont on fait de nouvelles espèces.
  2. 2
    Réfection de la forme, de l’ordre, en parlant d’un ouvrage de l’esprit, d’une loi, etc.
  3. 3
    Action de relooker un site Internet.
  4. 4
    Opération consistant à refaire systématiquement la rédaction d’une carte, en modifiant éventuellement les modes d’expression ou de représentation et qui s’accompagne généralement d’une révision cartographique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis la refonte des monnaies.
  2. La refonte du gouvernement islamique sur le modèle perse, par exemple, continua d'être rejetée et ignorée par les musulmans arabes.

Synonyms

réfection

This word in other languages

overhaul(English)reformulação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfonte
  • reffonte
  • refnote
  • refonet
  • refonnte
  • refontte
  • refotne
  • reofnte
  • rfeonte
  • rrefonte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erfonte2reffonte1refnote2refonet2refonnte1refontte1refotne2reofnte2
Edit distance from "refonte"

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 "refonte"?
"refonte" is spelled R-E-F-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fɔ̃t\.
What does "refonte" mean?
As a noun, "refonte" means: Action de remettre à la fonte, en parlant spécialement des monnaies dont on fait de nouvelles espèces.
What words are commonly confused with "refonte"?
"refonte" is commonly confused with "remote", "réponse", "remonte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refonte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refonte" is \ʁə.fɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refonte" come from?
"refonte" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

refusée#13,896rentrés#13,899quimper#13,888quatuor#13,887

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

quittant10 variantsrêvent10 variantssoudaine10 variantsspecial10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list