référévsréforméWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: référé is a noun, réformé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“référé” is a noun and “réformé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,408
“référé” frequency rank
#23,357
“réformé” frequency rank
45765
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature référé réformé
Definition Recours au juge qui, dans les cas d’urgence, prend une décision provisoire. Qui n’est plus utilisé

Letter map: référé vs réformé

Shared letters muted; letters that set référé and réformé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
référé
7 ch
réformé

Role in the sentence - référé and réformé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: référé is anoun and réforméanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

référé is recorded at frequency rank #22,408, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.fe.ʁe\. réformé is at rank #23,357, tagged as anadj.

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 45765, this pair ranks #200,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of référé vs réformé

Shared letters: fré. Private to "référé": -. Private to "réformé": mo.

"référé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "réformé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "référé" and "réformé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "référé" is a noun and "réformé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "référé" or "réformé"?
"référé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,408 in our French list, against #23,357 for "réformé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "référé" vs "réformé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "référé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réformé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "référé" and "réformé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformé vs réformées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #200,208 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