Which to use
“refusés” is an adjective and “refusez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- #28,714
- “refusez” frequency rank
- 56309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusés | refusez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de refusé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refuser. |
Same sound, different letters: refusés vs refusez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - refusés / refusez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: refusés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refusés is recorded at frequency rank #27,595, 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 56309, this pair ranks #121,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refusés vs refusez
Shared letters: efrsu. Private to "refusés": é. Private to "refusez": z.
"refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "refusez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refusez ← erfusez · reffusez · refsuez · refuesz · refusezz · refussez · refusze · reufsez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refusés" for "refusez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "refusés" or "refusez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "refusés" / "refusez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusés" 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 #121,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusés" and "refusez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduisez vs refusez". 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 #121,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.