Which to use
“refuges” and “résumés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,836
- “refuges” frequency rank
- #21,161
- “résumés” frequency rank
- 41997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refuges | résumés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de refuge. | Pluriel de résumé. |
Where the eye mixes refuges and résumés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. refuges and résumés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: refuges vs résumés
A purely visual mix-up. refuges (\ʁə.fyʒ\) and résumés (\ʁe.zy.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refuges is recorded at frequency rank #20,836, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fyʒ\. résumés is at rank #21,161, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.zy.me\.
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 41997, this pair ranks #228,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refuges vs résumés
Shared letters: rsu. Private to "refuges": efg. Private to "résumés": mé.
"refuges" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "résumés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refuges ← erfuges · reffuges · refgues · refuegs · refugess · refugges · refugse · reufges
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refuges" and "résumés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "refuges" vs "résumés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "refuges" and "résumés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refuges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "résumés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refuges" and "résumés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refuges vs réfugiées". 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 #228,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.