Which to use
“refonte” is a noun and “réformé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,895
- “refonte” frequency rank
- #23,357
- “réformé” frequency rank
- 37252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refonte | réformé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remettre à la fonte, en parlant spécialement des monnaies dont on fait de nouvelles espèces. | Qui n’est plus utilisé |
Letter map: refonte vs réformé
Shared letters muted; letters that set refonte and réformé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for refonte / réformé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refonte is anoun and réforméanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refonte is recorded at frequency rank #13,895, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fɔ̃t\. réformé is at rank #23,357, 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 37252, this pair ranks #263,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refonte vs réformé
Shared letters: for. Private to "refonte": ent. Private to "réformé": mé.
"refonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "réformé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refonte ← erfonte · reffonte · refnote · refonet · refonnte · refontte · refotne · reofnte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refonte" and "réformé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "refonte" or "réformé" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "refonte" and "réformé".
- Full dictionary entry for "refonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réformé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refonte" and "réformé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformé vs réformées". 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 #263,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.