Which to use
“refermé” and “refermer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,150
- “refermé” frequency rank
- #20,546
- “refermer” frequency rank
- 52696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refermé | refermer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refermer. | Fermer de nouveau ; fermer ce qui était ouvert. |
Same sound, different letters: refermé vs refermer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. refermé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against refermer's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - refermé / refermer
This is the hard kind. refermé and refermer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52696, 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\. refermer is at rank #20,546, 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 52696, this pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refermé vs refermer
Shared letters: efmr. Private to "refermé": é. Private to "refermer": -.
"refermé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "refermer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refermer ← erfermer · reefrmer · refemrer · referemr · refermerr · refermmer · refermre · referrmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refermé" for "refermer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "refermé" or "refermer"?
After this comparison
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 "refermer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refermé" and "refermer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refermé vs renfermer". 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 #145,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.