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Which to use

“refusera” and “refuserait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,323
“refusera” frequency rank
#33,434
“refuserait” frequency rank
61757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refusera refuserait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de refuser. Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de refuser.

Where the eye mixes refusera and refuserait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
refusera
10 ch
refuserait

Visual trap between refusera and refuserait

A purely visual mix-up. refusera (\ʁə.fy.zə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “refusera” sits inside “refuserait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

refusera is recorded at frequency rank #28,323, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁa\. 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 61757, this pair ranks #90,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of refusera vs refuserait

Shared letters: aefrsu. Private to "refusera": -. Private to "refuserait": it.

"refusera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "refuserait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • refuseraerfusera · reffusera · refsuera · refuesra · refusear · refuserra · refusrea · refussera
  • refuseraiterfuserait · reffuserait · refsuerait · refuesrait · refusearit · refuseraitt · refuserati · refuseriat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "refusera" and "refuserait" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.fy.zə.ʁa\ versus \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "refusera" or "refuserait"?
"refusera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,323 in our French list, against #33,434 for "refuserait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "refusera" and "refuserait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "refusera" 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 #90,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refusera" 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 #90,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list