referméevsréforméWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,139
“refermée” frequency rank
#23,357
“réformé” frequency rank
67496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refermée réformé
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de refermer. Qui n’est plus utilisé

Letter map: refermée vs réformé

Shared letters muted; letters that set refermée and réformé apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. refermée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against réformé's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
refermée
7 ch
réformé

Grammar separator: refermée vs réformé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refermée is averb and réforméanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67496, 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\. 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 67496, this pair ranks #63,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of refermée vs réformé

Shared letters: fmré. Private to "refermée": e. Private to "réformé": o.

"refermée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "réformé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "refermée" for "réformé" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "refermée" is a verb and "réformé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "refermée" vs "réformé" - which ranks higher?
"réformé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,357 in our French list, against #44,139 for "refermée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "refermée" and "réformé". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "refermée" 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 #63,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refermée" and "réformé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refermée vs réformées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #63,213 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