Which to use
“refusés” and “revues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,595
- “refusés” frequency rank
- #7,621
- “revues” frequency rank
- 35216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refusés | revues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de refusé. | Féminin pluriel de revu. |
Where the eye mixes refusés and revues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. refusés (\ʁə.fy.ze\) and revues (\ʁə.vy\) 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 35216, 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\. revues is at rank #7,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.
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 35216, this pair ranks #278,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refusés vs revues
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "refusés": fé. Private to "revues": v.
"refusés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revues ← ervues · reuves · reveus · revuess · revuse · revvues · rrevues · rveues