refontvsrepostConfusable pair

Quick tell: refont is a verb, repost is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“refont” is a verb and “repost” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,281
“refont” frequency rank
#39,975
“repost” frequency rank
74256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refont repost
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refaire. Caché.

Letter map: refont vs repost

Shared letters muted; letters that set refont and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. refont and repost follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
refont
6 ch
repost

Grammar separator: refont vs repost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refont is averb and repostanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74256, 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\. repost is at rank #39,975, tagged as anadj.

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 74256, this pair ranks #37,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of refont vs repost

Shared letters: eort. Private to "refont": fn. Private to "repost": ps.

"refont" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • refont ← erfont · reffont · refnot · refonnt · refontt · refotn · reofnt · rfeont
  • repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "refont" and "repost" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "refont" is a verb and "repost" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "refont" or "repost"?
"refont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,281 in our French list, against #39,975 for "repost". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "refont" and "repost".

  • Full dictionary entry for "refont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refont" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refont 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 #37,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list