Which to use
“refusèrent” and “refuseront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,572
- “refusèrent” frequency rank
- #46,404
- “refuseront” frequency rank
- 88976
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusèrent | refuseront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de refuser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de refuser. |
Where the eye mixes refusèrent and refuseront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refusèrent vs refuseront
A purely visual mix-up. refusèrent (\ʁə.fy.zɛʁ\) and refuseront (\ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refusèrent is recorded at frequency rank #42,572, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zɛʁ\. refuseront is at rank #46,404, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fy.zə.ʁɔ̃\.
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 88976, this pair ranks #6,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refusèrent vs refuseront
Shared letters: efnrstu. Private to "refusèrent": è. Private to "refuseront": o.
"refusèrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC · "refuseront" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refuseront ← erfuseront · reffuseront · refsueront · refuesront · refuseornt · refusernot · refuseronnt · refuserontt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refusèrent" and "refuseront" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "refusèrent" vs "refuseront" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "refusèrent" and "refuseront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "refuseront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusèrent" and "refuseront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refuseraient vs refusèrent". 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 #6,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.