refroidi

\ʁə.fʁwa.di\

/\ʁə.fʁwa.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“refroidi” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,440
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chose devenue froide après avoir été chauffée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refroidi · refroidi · French

refroidi · rank #21,440 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,440
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconnaissez

Nearest frequency peer: reconnaissez (-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 « refroidi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « refroidi » 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).

refroidi vs refroidir
89% similar
refroidi vs refroidit
89% similar
refroidi vs refroidis
89% similar

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

Key facts for refroidi
PropertyValue
Headwordrefroidi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.fʁwa.di\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,440
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refroidi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.refroidise 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 « reconnaissez » (#21,439), « recevons » (#21,438), « reportée » (#21,442). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refroidi » est au #21,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around refroidi (IPA \ʁə.fʁwa.di\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,440 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for refroidi, with forms such as "erfroidi", "reffroidi", and "reforidi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "refroidir", "refroidit", "refroidis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refroidi, spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chose devenue froide après avoir été chauffée.
  2. 2
    Chose ancienne, qui a perdu de son actualité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La guerre du Farghestan ne me fait pas bouillir le sang, je t’avoue. Reconnais avec moi que c’est du refroidi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfroidi
  • reffroidi
  • reforidi
  • refriodi
  • refrodii
  • refroiddi
  • refroiid
  • refrroidi
  • rerfoidi
  • rferoidi
  • rrefroidi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refroidi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erfroidi2reffroidi1reforidi2refriodi2refrodii2refroiddi1refroiid2refrroidi1
Edit distance from "refroidi"

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 "refroidi"?
"refroidi" is spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fʁwa.di\.
What does "refroidi" mean?
As a noun, "refroidi" means: Chose devenue froide après avoir été chauffée.
What words are commonly confused with "refroidi"?
"refroidi" is commonly confused with "refroidir", "refroidit", "refroidis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refroidi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refroidi" is \ʁə.fʁwa.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refroidi" come from?
"refroidi" 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 "refroidi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recevons#21,438reportée#21,442rescapés#21,443Périgord#21,433

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

roulettes11 variantspluvieux11 variantspaquebot11 variantssolennelle11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list