Which to use
“refais” is a verb and “refait” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,992
- “refais” frequency rank
- #6,880
- “refait” frequency rank
- 22872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refais | refait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de refaire. | Fait de nouveau. |
Same sound, different letters: refais vs refait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refais / refait
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: refais and refait carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.fɛ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “refais” becomes t in “refait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refais is recorded at frequency rank #15,992, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɛ\. refait is at rank #6,880, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fɛ\.
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 22872, this pair ranks #355,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of refais vs refait
Shared letters: aefir. Private to "refais": s. Private to "refait": t.
"refais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "refait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refais" and "refait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "refais" vs "refait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "refais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refais" and "refait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refais vs Reis". 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 #355,664 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.