Which to use
“refusées” and “refusés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,240
- “refusées” frequency rank
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- 62835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusées | refusés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de refusé. | Masculin pluriel de refusé. |
Same sound, different letters: refusées vs refusés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. refusées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against refusés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: refusées vs refusés
This is the hard kind. refusées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refusées is recorded at frequency rank #35,240, 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 62835, this pair ranks #85,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refusées vs refusés
Shared letters: efrsué. Private to "refusées": -. Private to "refusés": -.
"refusées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"refusées" and "refusés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusées" 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 #85,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusées" and "refusés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réfugiées vs refusées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #85,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.