Which to use
“raffinées” and “raffinés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,743
- “raffinées” frequency rank
- #31,670
- “raffinés” frequency rank
- 80413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raffinées | raffinés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de raffiné. | Masculin pluriel de raffiné. |
Same sound, different letters: raffinées vs raffinés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - raffinées / raffinés
This is the hard kind. raffinées and raffinés are pronounced identically (\ʁa.fi.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raffinées is recorded at frequency rank #48,743, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.fi.ne\. raffinés is at rank #31,670, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.fi.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 80413, this pair ranks #20,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of raffinées vs raffinés
Shared letters: afinrsé. Private to "raffinées": e. Private to "raffinés": -.
"raffinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "raffinés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "raffinées" and "raffinés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "raffinées" or "raffinés" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "raffinées" / "raffinés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "raffinées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raffinés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raffinées" and "raffinés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "raffinées vs raffineries". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.