refuseravsrefusésTell them apart

Quick tell: refusera is a verb, refusés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“refusera” is a verb and “refusés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,323
“refusera” frequency rank
#27,595
“refusés” frequency rank
55918
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refusera refusés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de refuser. Masculin pluriel de refusé.

Where the eye mixes refusera and refusés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
refusera
7 ch
refusés

Visual trap between refusera and refusés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refusera is \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁa\ while refusés is \ʁə.fy.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55918, 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\. 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 55918, this pair ranks #124,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of refusera vs refusés

Shared letters: efrsu. Private to "refusera": a. Private to "refusés": é.

"refusera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • refuseraerfusera · reffusera · refsuera · refuesra · refusear · refuserra · refusrea · refussera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "refusera" and "refusés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "refusera" is a verb and "refusés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "refusera" or "refusés" show up more?
"refusés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,595 in our French list, against #28,323 for "refusera". 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 "refusés" 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 "refusés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refusera" and "refusés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refusera vs reposera". 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 #124,367 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