Which to use
“refuseraient” and “refusèrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,900
- “refuseraient” frequency rank
- #42,572
- “refusèrent” frequency rank
- 92472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refuseraient | refusèrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel présent de refuser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de refuser. |
Where the eye mixes refuseraient and refusèrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refuseraient vs refusèrent
A purely visual mix-up. refuseraient (\ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɛ\) and refusèrent (\ʁə.fy.zɛʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refuseraient is recorded at frequency rank #49,900, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɛ\. refusèrent is at rank #42,572, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zɛʁ\.
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 92472, this pair ranks #2,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refuseraient vs refusèrent
Shared letters: efnrstu. Private to "refuseraient": ai. Private to "refusèrent": è.
"refuseraient" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVVCC · "refusèrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refuseraient ← erfuseraient · reffuseraient · refsueraient · refuesraient · refusearient · refuseraeint · refuseraiennt · refuseraientt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refuseraient" and "refusèrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refuseraient" or "refusèrent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "refuseraient" and "refusèrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refuseraient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refusèrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refuseraient" and "refusèrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refusèrent vs refuseront". 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 #2,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.