Which to use
“refermé” and “refermée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,150
- “refermé” frequency rank
- #44,139
- “refermée” frequency rank
- 76289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refermé | refermée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refermer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de refermer. |
Same sound, different letters: refermé vs refermée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. refermé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against refermée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: refermé vs refermée
This is the hard kind. refermé and refermée are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fɛʁ.me\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “refermé” sits inside “refermée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refermé is recorded at frequency rank #32,150, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɛʁ.me\. refermée is at rank #44,139, 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 76289, this pair ranks #31,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refermé vs refermée
Shared letters: efmré. Private to "refermé": -. Private to "refermée": -.
"refermé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "refermée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refermé" and "refermée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refermé" or "refermée"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "refermé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refermée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refermé" and "refermée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refermée vs réformées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.