Which to use
“refait” and “refaits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,880
- “refait” frequency rank
- #47,563
- “refaits” frequency rank
- 54443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refait | refaits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait de nouveau. | Masculin pluriel de refait. |
Same sound, different letters: refait vs refaits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refait / refaits
This is the hard kind. refait and refaits are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fɛ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “refait” sits inside “refaits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refait is recorded at frequency rank #6,880, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fɛ\. refaits is at rank #47,563, 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 54443, this pair ranks #134,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refait vs refaits
Shared letters: aefirt. Private to "refait": -. Private to "refaits": s.
"refait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "refaits" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refait" and "refaits" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "refait" vs "refaits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "refait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refaits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refait" and "refaits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refaits vs refrains". 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 #134,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.