Which to use
“refus” is a noun and “Rufus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,164
- “refus” frequency rank
- #27,608
- “Rufus” frequency rank
- 30772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refus | Rufus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de ne pas accorder ce qui est demandé. | Prénom masculin. |
Letter map: refus vs Rufus
Shared letters muted; letters that set refus and Rufus apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - refus and Rufus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: refus is anoun and Rufusaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “refus” becomes u in “Rufus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refus is recorded at frequency rank #3,164, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fy\. Rufus is at rank #27,608, tagged as aname.
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 30772, this pair ranks #308,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refus vs Rufus
Shared letters: frsu. Private to "refus": e. Private to "Rufus": -.
"refus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Rufus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "refus" vs "Rufus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "refus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Rufus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refus" and "Rufus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "riffs vs Rufus". 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 #308,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.