Which to use
“refera” and “referais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,460
- “refera” frequency rank
- #38,002
- “referais” frequency rank
- 78462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refera | referais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de refaire. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de refaire. |
Where the eye mixes refera and referais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between refera and referais
A purely visual mix-up. refera (\ʁə.fə.ʁa\) and referais (\ʁə.fə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “refera” sits inside “referais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refera is recorded at frequency rank #40,460, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fə.ʁa\. referais is at rank #38,002, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fə.ʁɛ\.
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 78462, this pair ranks #25,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refera vs referais
Shared letters: aefr. Private to "refera": -. Private to "referais": is.
"refera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "referais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refera" for "referais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refera" vs "referais" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "refera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "referais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refera" and "referais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "referais vs rendrais". 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 #25,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.