refusant

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

\ʁə.fy.zɑ̃\

/\ʁə.fy.zɑ̃\/ verb

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

The verdict

“refusant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,231
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de refuser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refusant · refusant · French

refusant · rank #9,231 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,231
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH ralentir

Nearest frequency peer: ralentir (-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.

pédagogie

90,774
quittent

90,773
rails

90,772
ralentir

90,771
refusant

90,770
respectueux

90,767

What this shows « refusant » 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).

refusant vs remuant

75% similar

refusant vs refusent

88% similar

refusant vs reposant

75% similar

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

Key facts for refusant
Property	Value
Headword	refusant
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\ʁə.fy.zɑ̃\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#9,231
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refusant »

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

#9,231

#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 « ralentir » (#9,230), « rails » (#9,229), « quittent » (#9,228). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refusant » est au #9,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around refusant (IPA \ʁə.fy.zɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,231 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de refuser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for refusant, with forms such as "erfusant", "reffusant", and "refsuant". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "remuant", "refusent", "reposant", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is refusant, spelled R-E-F-U-S-A-N-T.

Definition

1
Participe présent de refuser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Bien qu’il ait été contre la privatisation de TF1, il a voulu donner une leçon à Chirac en refusant de renationaliser la chaîne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erfusant
reffusant
refsuant
refuasnt
refusannt
refusantt
refusatn
refusnat
refussant
reufsant
rfeusant
rrefusant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "refusant"

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 "refusant"?

"refusant" is spelled R-E-F-U-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fy.zɑ̃\.

What does "refusant" mean?

As a verb, "refusant" means: Participe présent de refuser.

What words are commonly confused with "refusant"?

"refusant" is commonly confused with "remuant", "refusent", "reposant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "refusant"?

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

What language does "refusant" come from?

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

Same letter count

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

ralentir#9,230 quittent#9,228 rubrique#9,235 sorcière#9,239

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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