refoux
\ʁə.fuz\
The verdict
“refoux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hirsute, mal peigné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-refoux · refoux · French
refoux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | refoux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁə.fuz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « refoux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
refoux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.fuz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hirsute, mal peigné.".
refoux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refoux, spelled R-E-F-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Hirsute, mal peigné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how refoux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes tombés sur l’insaisissable Dahut, cette fille folle d’amour, qui, depuis « le temps des grosses pierres », court les bois à la recherche d’un garçon, mais que personne n’a jamais vue, car aussitôt qu’un être humain la regarde, elle se transforme en une espèce de bête refouse, galeuse, affreuse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.