rejoiced
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪst/
"rejoiced" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rejoiced” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,449
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of rejoice
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rejoiced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rejoiced” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rejoiced (IPA /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪst/), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,449 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of rejoice".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rejoiced, with forms such as "erjoiced", "rejioced", and "rejjoiced". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "rejoined", "rejoice", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is rejoiced, spelled R-E-J-O-I-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of rejoice
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erjoiced
- rejioced
- rejjoiced
- rejocied
- rejoicced
- rejoicde
- rejoicedd
- rejoiecd
- reojiced
- rjeoiced
- rrejoiced
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rejoiced - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rejoiced”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-J-O-I-C-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rejoined” - see the side-by-side comparison. rejoiced vs rejoined
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.