# reject

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ · frequency rank #6,829

## Definitions
1. To refuse to accept; to forswear.
2. To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. To refuse a romantic advance.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

## Easily confused with
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-reset)
- **repeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-repeat)
- **resent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-resent)
- **repent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-repent)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-revert)
- **respect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-respect)
- **rejected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-rejected)
- **react** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/react-vs-reject)
- **Reece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reece-vs-reject)
- **recent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recent-vs-reject)
- **regent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regent-vs-reject)
- **reheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reheat-vs-reject)
- **reflect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reflect-vs-reject)

## Common misspellings (9)
`erject`, `reejct`, `rejcet`, `rejecct`, `rejectt`, `rejetc`, `rejject`, `rjeect`, `rreject`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reject