Which to use
“refilé” is a verb and “reflex” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- #28,320
- “reflex” frequency rank
- 63559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refilé | reflex |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. | Type d’appareil photographique caractérisé par l’utilisation d’un objectif unique servant à la fois à la prise de vue et à la visée grâce à un système de miroir mobile (ou parfois avec deux objectifs, l’un servant à la prise de vue, l’autre à la visée). |
Where the eye mixes refilé and reflex
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between refilé and reflex
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refilé is \ʁə.fi.le\ while reflex is \ʁe.flɛks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63559, 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\. reflex is at rank #28,320, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.flɛks\.
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 63559, this pair ranks #81,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refilé vs reflex
Shared letters: eflr. Private to "refilé": ié. Private to "reflex": x.
"refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reflex" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reflex ← erflex · refelx · refflex · reflexx · refllex · reflxe · relfex · rfelex
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refilé" and "reflex" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refilé" or "reflex"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "refilé" and "reflex" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reflex" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refilé" and "reflex" 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 #81,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.