Which to use
“refusés” and “requises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- #14,133
- “requises” frequency rank
- 41728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusés | requises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de refusé. | Féminin pluriel de requis. |
Where the eye mixes refusés and requises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: refusés vs requises
A purely visual mix-up. refusés (\ʁə.fy.ze\) and requises (\ʁə.kiz\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41728, 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\. requises is at rank #14,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kiz\.
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 41728, this pair ranks #230,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refusés vs requises
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "refusés": fé. Private to "requises": iq.
"refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "requises" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- requises ← erquises · reqiuses · reqquises · requiess · requisess · requisses · requsies · reuqises
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refusés" and "requises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "refusés" vs "requises" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusés" and "requises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refusés vs révisés". 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 #230,943 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.