Which to use
“refilé” and “révisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,239
- “refilé” frequency rank
- #16,472
- “révisé” frequency rank
- 51711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refilé | révisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de refiler. | Participe passé masculin singulier de réviser. |
Where the eye mixes refilé and révisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. refilé and révisé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses refilé with révisé
A purely visual mix-up. refilé (\ʁə.fi.le\) and révisé (\ʁe.vi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51711, 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\. révisé is at rank #16,472, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\.
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 51711, this pair ranks #153,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refilé vs révisé
Shared letters: iré. Private to "refilé": efl. Private to "révisé": sv.
"refilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "révisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refilé" and "révisé" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "refilé" vs "révisé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "refilé" and "révisé" 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 "révisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refilé" and "révisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs refilé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #153,006 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.