Which to use
“refroidie” and “refroidis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,403
- “refroidie” frequency rank
- #40,957
- “refroidis” frequency rank
- 87360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refroidie | refroidis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de refroidi. | Masculin pluriel de refroidi. |
Same sound, different letters: refroidie vs refroidis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refroidie / refroidis
This is the hard kind. refroidie and refroidis are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fʁwa.di\) 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 “refroidie” becomes s in “refroidis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refroidie is recorded at frequency rank #46,403, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fʁwa.di\. refroidis is at rank #40,957, 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 87360, this pair ranks #8,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refroidie vs refroidis
Shared letters: defior. Private to "refroidie": -. Private to "refroidis": s.
"refroidie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV · "refroidis" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "refroidie" / "refroidis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "refroidie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refroidis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refroidie" and "refroidis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refroidie vs refroidit". 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 #8,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.