Which to use
“refais” and “remis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,992
- “refais” frequency rank
- #2,734
- “remis” frequency rank
- 18726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refais | remis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de refaire. | Participe passé du verbe remettre. |
Where the eye mixes refais and remis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refais vs remis
A purely visual mix-up. refais (\ʁə.fɛ\) and remis (\ʁə.mi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18726, 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\. remis is at rank #2,734, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mi\.
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 18726, this pair ranks #376,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of refais vs remis
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "refais": af. Private to "remis": m.
"refais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "remis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refais" and "remis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "refais" vs "remis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "refais" and "remis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refais" and "remis" 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 #376,875 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.