Which to use
“referai” and “referais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,001
- “referai” frequency rank
- #38,002
- “referais” frequency rank
- 80003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | referai | referais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de refaire. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de refaire. |
Where the eye mixes referai and referais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. referai runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against referais's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: referai vs referais
A purely visual mix-up. referai (\ʁə.fə.ʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “referai” sits inside “referais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
referai is recorded at frequency rank #42,001, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fə.ʁe\. 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 80003, this pair ranks #21,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of referai vs referais
Shared letters: aefir. Private to "referai": -. Private to "referais": s.
"referai" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "referais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "referai" and "referais" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "referai" or "referais"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "referai" and "referais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "referai" 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 #21,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "referai" and "referais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevrai 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 #21,973 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.