Which to use
“refasse” is a verb and “rehaussé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,562
- “refasse” frequency rank
- #37,522
- “rehaussé” frequency rank
- 74084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refasse | rehaussé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de refaire. | Se dit d’un meuble, d’une pièce dont la bordure est d’un autre émail. |
Where the eye mixes refasse and rehaussé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. refasse runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against rehaussé's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: refasse vs rehaussé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refasse is \ʁə.fas\ while rehaussé is \ʁə.o.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refasse is recorded at frequency rank #36,562, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fas\. rehaussé is at rank #37,522, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.o.se\.
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 74084, this pair ranks #38,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refasse vs rehaussé
Shared letters: aers. Private to "refasse": f. Private to "rehaussé": hué.
"refasse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "rehaussé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refasse ← erfasse · reafsse · refase · refases · reffasse · refsase · rfeasse · rrefasse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refasse" and "rehaussé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "refasse" or "rehaussé" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "refasse" and "rehaussé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rehaussé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refasse" and "rehaussé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rehaussé vs rehaussée". 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 #38,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.