Which to use
“refilé” and “refiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- #30,334
- “refiler” frequency rank
- 65573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refilé | refiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. | Donner ou passer quelque chose à quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: refilé vs refiler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refilé / refiler
This is the hard kind. refilé and refiler are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fi.le\) 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 65573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refilé is recorded at frequency rank #35,239, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fi.le\. refiler is at rank #30,334, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fi.le\.
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 65573, this pair ranks #71,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refilé vs refiler
Shared letters: efilr. Private to "refilé": é. Private to "refiler": -.
"refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "refiler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refiler ← erfiler · reffiler · refielr · refilerr · refiller · refilre · reflier · reifler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refilé" for "refiler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refilé" vs "refiler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "refilé" / "refiler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "refilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refilé" and "refiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs refilé". 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 #71,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.