Which to use
“renferment” and “renfermer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,687
- “renferment” frequency rank
- #48,153
- “renfermer” frequency rank
- 83840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renferment | renfermer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de renfermer. | Enfermer de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes renferment and renfermer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: renferment vs renfermer
A purely visual mix-up. renferment (\ʁɑ̃.fɛʁm\) and renfermer (\ʁɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\) 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 83840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renferment is recorded at frequency rank #35,687, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɛʁm\. renfermer is at rank #48,153, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\.
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 83840, this pair ranks #14,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renferment vs renfermer
Shared letters: efmnr. Private to "renferment": t. Private to "renfermer": -.
"renferment" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "renfermer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- renferment ← ernferment · refnerment · renefrment · renfemrent · renferemnt · renfermennt · renfermentt · renfermetn
- renfermer ← ernfermer · refnermer · renefrmer · renfemrer · renferemr · renfermerr · renfermmer · renfermre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renferment" for "renfermer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "renferment" or "renfermer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "renferment" and "renfermer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "renferment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renfermer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renferment" and "renfermer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refermée vs renfermer". 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 #14,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.