refusent

\ʁə.fyz\

/\ʁə.fyz\/ verb

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The verdict

“refusent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,915
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-refusent · refusent · French

refusent · rank #5,915 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,915
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renaissance

Nearest frequency peer: renaissance (+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 « refusent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « refusent » 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).

refusent vs refuser
75% similar
refusent vs ressent
75% similar
refusent vs refusés
63% similar

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

Key facts for refusent
PropertyValue
Headwordrefusent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.fyz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,915
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refusent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.refusentse 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 « renaissance » (#5,916), « rap » (#5,913), « récents » (#5,917). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refusent » est au #5,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around refusent (IPA \ʁə.fyz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,915 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for refusent, with forms such as "erfusent", "reffusent", and "refsuent". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "refuser", "ressent", "refusés", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is refusent, spelled R-E-F-U-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refuser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de refuser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les laïcistes ou les religiophobes, refusent la notion même de « laïcité ouverte ou positive », alors qu’il existe des formes de laïcité radicales ou rigides qui limitent le libre exercice de la religion, notamment dans son expression publique et collective, au nom d’une interprétation restrictive et abusive de la neutralité de l’État et de la séparation…
  2. Ceci ne sera pas sans susciter - conclut l’une d’elle - des réclamations et risque d’entraver les opérations de désobusage car on peut craindre que les particuliers ne refusent de laisser désobuser ou débomber leur propriété s’ils ne sont pas sûrs d’être indemnisés rapidement et par priorité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfusent
  • reffusent
  • refsuent
  • refuesnt
  • refusennt
  • refusentt
  • refusetn
  • refusnet
  • refussent
  • reufsent
  • rfeusent
  • rrefusent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erfusent2reffusent1refsuent2refuesnt2refusennt1refusentt1refusetn2refusnet2
Edit distance from "refusent"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

récents12 variantsstockage12 variantssurfaces12 variantssuspendu12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list