Which to use
“refermer” is a verb and “réformé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,546
- “refermer” frequency rank
- #23,357
- “réformé” frequency rank
- 43903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refermer | réformé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fermer de nouveau ; fermer ce qui était ouvert. | Qui n’est plus utilisé |
Letter map: refermer vs réformé
Shared letters muted; letters that set refermer and réformé apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. refermer runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against réformé's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for refermer / réformé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refermer is averb and réforméanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refermer is recorded at frequency rank #20,546, 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 43903, this pair ranks #214,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refermer vs réformé
Shared letters: fmr. Private to "refermer": e. Private to "réformé": oé.
"refermer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "réformé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refermer ← erfermer · reefrmer · refemrer · referemr · refermerr · refermmer · refermre · referrmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refermer" for "réformé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refermer" vs "réformé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "refermer" vs "réformé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "refermer" 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 #214,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refermer" and "réformé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformé 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 #214,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.