Which to use
“redire” and “refilé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,656
- “redire” frequency rank
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- 47895
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redire | refilé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répéter, dire une même chose plusieurs fois. | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. |
Where the eye mixes redire and refilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between redire and refilé
A purely visual mix-up. redire (\ʁə.diʁ\) and refilé (\ʁə.fi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redire is recorded at frequency rank #12,656, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.diʁ\. refilé is at rank #35,239, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fi.le\.
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 47895, this pair ranks #183,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redire vs refilé
Shared letters: eir. Private to "redire": d. Private to "refilé": flé.
"redire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- redire ← erdire · rdeire · reddire · redier · redirre · redrie · reidre · rredire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "redire" and "refilé" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "redire" vs "refilé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "redire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refilé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redire" and "refilé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs refilé". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #183,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.