Which to use
“refusées” is an adjective and “refusez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,240
- “refusées” frequency rank
- #28,714
- “refusez” frequency rank
- 63954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusées | refusez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de refusé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refuser. |
Same sound, different letters: refusées vs refusez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: refusées vs refusez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: refusées and refusez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.fy.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63954, 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\. refusez is at rank #28,714, tagged as averb, 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 63954, this pair ranks #79,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refusées vs refusez
Shared letters: efrsu. Private to "refusées": é. Private to "refusez": z.
"refusées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "refusez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refusez ← erfusez · reffusez · refsuez · refuesz · refusezz · refussez · refusze · reufsez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refusées" for "refusez" ever safe?
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What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refusez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusées" and "refusez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réfugiées vs refusées". 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 #79,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.