Which to use
“refusée” and “refusés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,896
- “refusée” frequency rank
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- 41491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusée | refusés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de refusé. | Masculin pluriel de refusé. |
Same sound, different letters: refusée vs refusés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. refusée (CVCVCVV) and refusés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - refusée and refusés
This is the hard kind. refusée and refusés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.fy.ze\) 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 “refusée” becomes s in “refusés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refusée is recorded at frequency rank #13,896, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fy.ze\. refusés is at rank #27,595, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.fy.ze\.
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 41491, this pair ranks #232,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refusée vs refusés
Shared letters: efrsué. Private to "refusée": -. Private to "refusés": -.
"refusée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refusée" for "refusés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "refusée" vs "refusés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "refusée" / "refusés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refusés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusée" and "refusés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refusés vs révisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #232,698 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.