rejoice vs rejoin, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“rejoice” and “rejoin” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,894
“rejoice” frequency rank: #22,788
“rejoin” frequency rank: 38682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	rejoice	rejoin
Definition	To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.	To join again; to unite after separation.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rejoice and rejoin apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

rejoice

6 ch

rejoin

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. rejoice (/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/) and rejoin (/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/) 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 38682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejoice is recorded at frequency rank #15,894, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/. rejoin is at rank #22,788, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/.

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 38682, this pair ranks #283,773 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejoice vs rejoin

Shared letters: eijor. Private to "rejoice": c. Private to "rejoin": n.

"rejoice" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "rejoin" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

rejoice ← erjoice · rejioce · rejjoice · rejocie · rejoicce · rejoiec · reojice · rjeoice
rejoin ← erjoin · rejion · rejjoin · rejoinn · rejoni · reojin · rjeoin · rrejoin

Frequency comparison

rejoice#15,894

rejoin#22,788

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejoice" and "rejoin" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/ versus /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "rejoice" or "rejoin"?

"rejoice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,894 in our English list, against #22,788 for "rejoin". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering rejoice vs rejoin

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