Which to use
“refermée” and “refermer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,139
- “refermée” frequency rank
- #20,546
- “refermer” frequency rank
- 64685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refermée | refermer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de refermer. | Fermer de nouveau ; fermer ce qui était ouvert. |
Same sound, different letters: refermée vs refermer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: refermée vs refermer
This is the hard kind. refermée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refermée is recorded at frequency rank #44,139, 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 64685, this pair ranks #75,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refermée vs refermer
Shared letters: efmr. Private to "refermée": é. Private to "refermer": -.
"refermée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "refermer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refermer ← erfermer · reefrmer · refemrer · referemr · refermerr · refermmer · refermre · referrmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refermée" and "refermer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "refermée" vs "refermer" - which ranks higher?
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 "refermée" 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 #75,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refermée" and "refermer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refermée vs réformées". 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 #75,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.