Which to use
“refusait” and “refuserait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,851
- “refusait” frequency rank
- #33,434
- “refuserait” frequency rank
- 46285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusait | refuserait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de refuser. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de refuser. |
Where the eye mixes refusait and refuserait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refusait vs refuserait
A purely visual mix-up. refusait (\ʁə.fy.zɛ\) and refuserait (\ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refusait is recorded at frequency rank #12,851, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zɛ\. refuserait is at rank #33,434, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɛ\.
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 46285, this pair ranks #196,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refusait vs refuserait
Shared letters: aefirstu. Private to "refusait": -. Private to "refuserait": -.
"refusait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "refuserait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refusait ← erfusait · reffusait · refsuait · refuasit · refusaitt · refusati · refusiat · refussait
- refuserait ← erfuserait · reffuserait · refsuerait · refuesrait · refusearit · refuseraitt · refuserati · refuseriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refusait" for "refuserait" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "refusait" and "refuserait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refuserait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusait" and "refuserait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refuseraient vs refuserait". 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 #196,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.