referavsrendraConfusable pair

Which to use

“refera” and “rendra” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,460
“refera” frequency rank
#6,744
“rendra” frequency rank
47204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refera rendra
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de refaire. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de rendre.

Where the eye mixes refera and rendra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. refera (CVCVCV) and rendra (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
refera
6 ch
rendra

Visual trap between refera and rendra

A purely visual mix-up. refera (\ʁə.fə.ʁa\) and rendra (\ʁɑ̃.dʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47204, 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\. rendra is at rank #6,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dʁa\.

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 47204, this pair ranks #188,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of refera vs rendra

Shared letters: aer. Private to "refera": f. Private to "rendra": dn.

"refera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rendra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • refera ← erfera · reefra · refear · referra · reffera · refrea · rfeera · rrefera
  • rendra ← erndra · rednra · rendar · renddra · rendrra · renndra · renrda · rnedra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "refera" and "rendra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.fə.ʁa\ versus \ʁɑ̃.dʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "refera" vs "rendra" - which ranks higher?
"rendra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,744 in our French list, against #40,460 for "refera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "refera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rendra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,732 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refera" and "rendra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refera vs referai". 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 #188,732 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list