Which to use
“refaite” and “refaites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,594
- “refaite” frequency rank
- #35,679
- “refaites” frequency rank
- 63273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refaite | refaites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de refait. | Féminin pluriel de refait. |
Same sound, different letters: refaite vs refaites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refaite / refaites
This is the hard kind. refaite and refaites are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fɛt\) 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) - “refaite” sits inside “refaites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refaite is recorded at frequency rank #27,594, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fɛt\. refaites is at rank #35,679, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fɛt\.
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 63273, this pair ranks #82,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refaite vs refaites
Shared letters: aefirt. Private to "refaite": -. Private to "refaites": s.
"refaite" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "refaites" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refaite" and "refaites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refaite" or "refaites"?
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 "refaite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refaites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refaite" and "refaites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refaites vs relatés". 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 #82,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.