Which to use
“refusés” is an adjective and “révisés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- #46,430
- “révisés” frequency rank
- 74025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusés | révisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de refusé. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de réviser. |
Where the eye mixes refusés and révisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. refusés and révisés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses refusés with révisés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: refusés is \ʁə.fy.ze\ while révisés is \ʁe.vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74025, 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\. révisés is at rank #46,430, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.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 74025, this pair ranks #38,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refusés vs révisés
Shared letters: rsé. Private to "refusés": efu. Private to "révisés": iv.
"refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "révisés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "refusés" for "révisés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "refusés" or "révisés" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "refusés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refusés" and "révisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revis vs révisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #38,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.