Which to use
“refroidi” is a noun and “refroidie” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,440
- “refroidi” frequency rank
- #46,403
- “refroidie” frequency rank
- 67843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refroidi | refroidie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chose devenue froide après avoir été chauffée. | Féminin singulier de refroidi. |
Same sound, different letters: refroidi vs refroidie
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - refroidi and refroidie
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: refroidi and refroidie carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.fʁwa.di\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “refroidi” sits inside “refroidie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refroidi is recorded at frequency rank #21,440, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fʁwa.di\. refroidie is at rank #46,403, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fʁwa.di\.
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 67843, this pair ranks #61,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refroidi vs refroidie
Shared letters: defior. Private to "refroidi": -. Private to "refroidie": -.
"refroidi" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "refroidie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refroidi" and "refroidie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refroidi" or "refroidie"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "refroidi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refroidie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refroidi" and "refroidie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refroidie vs refroidis". 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 #61,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.