refusaient

\ʁə.fy.zɛ\

/\ʁə.fy.zɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“refusaient” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,668
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de refuser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refusaient · refusaient · French

refusaient · rank #23,668 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,668
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rebord

Nearest frequency peer: rebord (-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 « refusaient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « refusaient » 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).

refusaient vs refusent
80% similar
refusaient vs refusant
80% similar
refusaient vs refusait
80% similar

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

Key facts for refusaient
PropertyValue
Headwordrefusaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.fy.zɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,668
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refusaient »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rebord » (#23,667), « remarquera » (#23,669), « ravissante » (#23,666). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refusaient » est au #23,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around refusaient (IPA \ʁə.fy.zɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,668 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de refuser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for refusaient, with forms such as "erfusaient", "reffusaient", and "refsuaient". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "refusent", "refusant", "refusait", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refusaient, spelled R-E-F-U-S-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de refuser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un monsieur et une dame passent devant moi, interrompant leur conversation pour que je ne les entende pas, comme s’ils me refusaient l’aumône de ce qu’ils pensent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfusaient
  • reffusaient
  • refsuaient
  • refuasient
  • refusaeint
  • refusaiennt
  • refusaientt
  • refusaietn
  • refusainet
  • refusiaent
  • refussaient
  • reufsaient
  • rfeusaient
  • rrefusaient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refusaient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erfusaient2reffusaient1refsuaient2refuasient2refusaeint2refusaiennt1refusaientt1refusaietn2
Edit distance from "refusaient"

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 "refusaient"?
"refusaient" is spelled R-E-F-U-S-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fy.zɛ\.
What does "refusaient" mean?
As a verb, "refusaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de refuser.
What words are commonly confused with "refusaient"?
"refusaient" is commonly confused with "refusent", "refusant", "refusait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refusaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refusaient" is \ʁə.fy.zɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refusaient" come from?
"refusaient" 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 "refusaient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

remarquera#23,669ravissante#23,666remportent#23,670présentons#23,661

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

renvoyant14 variantsreprenons14 variantsprometteuse14 variantsréducteur14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list