Which to use
“referai” and “refermé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,001
- “referai” frequency rank
- #32,150
- “refermé” frequency rank
- 74151
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | referai | refermé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de refaire. | Participe passé masculin singulier de refermer. |
Where the eye mixes referai and refermé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses referai with refermé
A purely visual mix-up. referai (\ʁə.fə.ʁe\) and refermé (\ʁə.fɛʁ.me\) 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 74151, 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\. refermé is at rank #32,150, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɛʁ.me\.
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 74151, this pair ranks #38,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of referai vs refermé
Shared letters: efr. Private to "referai": ai. Private to "refermé": mé.
"referai" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "refermé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- referai ← erferai · reefrai · refeari · referia · referrai · refferai · refreai · rfeerai
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "referai" for "refermé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "referai" or "refermé" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "referai" and "refermé" 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 "refermé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "referai" and "refermé" 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 #38,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.