Which to use
“refilé” and “renié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- #29,515
- “renié” frequency rank
- 64754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refilé | renié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. | Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. |
Where the eye mixes refilé and renié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. refilé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against renié's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: refilé vs renié
A purely visual mix-up. refilé (\ʁə.fi.le\) and renié (\ʁə.nje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64754, 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\. renié is at rank #29,515, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nje\.
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 64754, this pair ranks #75,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refilé vs renié
Shared letters: eiré. Private to "refilé": fl. Private to "renié": n.
"refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refilé" for "renié" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "refilé" or "renié" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "refilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refilé" and "renié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs refilé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #75,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.