Which to use
“refoulée” and “refoulés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,899
- “refoulée” frequency rank
- #36,125
- “refoulés” frequency rank
- 86024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refoulée | refoulés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de refoulé. | Masculin pluriel de refoulé. |
Same sound, different letters: refoulée vs refoulés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. refoulée (CVCVVCVV) and refoulés (CVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: refoulée vs refoulés
This is the hard kind. refoulée and refoulés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fu.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “refoulée” becomes s in “refoulés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refoulée is recorded at frequency rank #49,899, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fu.le\. refoulés is at rank #36,125, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fu.le\.
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 86024, this pair ranks #10,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refoulée vs refoulés
Shared letters: eflorué. Private to "refoulée": -. Private to "refoulés": s.
"refoulée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "refoulés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refoulée" and "refoulés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "refoulée" or "refoulés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "refoulée" / "refoulés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "refoulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refoulés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refoulée" and "refoulés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.