Which to use
“refilé” is a verb and “rétine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- #27,956
- “rétine” frequency rank
- 63195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refilé | rétine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. | Membrane formée par la terminaison du nerf optique dans le fond de l’œil et sur laquelle viennent se former les images des objets provoquant les sensations lumineuses. |
Where the eye mixes refilé and rétine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. refilé and rétine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: refilé vs rétine
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refilé is \ʁə.fi.le\ while rétine is \ʁe.tin\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 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 63195, 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\. rétine is at rank #27,956, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.tin\.
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 63195, this pair ranks #83,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refilé vs rétine
Shared letters: eiré. Private to "refilé": fl. Private to "rétine": nt.
"refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rétine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refilé" for "rétine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refilé" vs "rétine" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "refilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rétine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refilé" and "rétine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs refilé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #83,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.