Which to use
“refont” and “rement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,281
- “refont” frequency rank
- #48,149
- “rement” frequency rank
- 82430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refont | rement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refaire. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. |
Where the eye mixes refont and rement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. refont and rement follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses refont with rement
A purely visual mix-up. refont (\ʁə.fɔ̃\) and rement (\ʁə.mɑ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refont is recorded at frequency rank #34,281, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɔ̃\. rement is at rank #48,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɑ̃\.
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 82430, this pair ranks #16,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refont vs rement
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "refont": fo. Private to "rement": m.
"refont" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refont" for "rement" ever safe?
Which is more common, "refont" or "rement"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "refont" and "rement" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refont" and "rement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rement". 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 #16,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.