rejet

\ʁə.ʒɛ\

/\ʁə.ʒɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rejet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,020
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de repousser une chose, de n’en pas vouloir, de ne pas l’admettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rejet · rejet · French

rejet · rank #6,020 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,020
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH regardent

Nearest frequency peer: regardent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rejet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rejet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rejet vs rêve
40% similar
rejet vs rest
60% similar
rejet vs rent
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rejet
PropertyValue
Headwordrejet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ʒɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,020
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rejet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rejetse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « regardent » (#6,019), « requête » (#6,021), « rater » (#6,018). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rejet » est au #6,020. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rejet (IPA \ʁə.ʒɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,020 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rejet, with forms such as "erjet", "reejt", and "rejett". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêve", "rest", "rent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rejet, spelled R-E-J-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de repousser une chose, de n’en pas vouloir, de ne pas l’admettre.
  2. 2
    Renvoi d’une partie d’un compte, qui doit être portée sur un autre chapitre du même compte ou sur un autre compte.
  3. 3
    Nouveau bois, de la nouvelle pousse d’une plante, d’un arbre.
  4. 4
    Rejeton.
  5. 5
    Ce qui est renvoyé hors de lui par un organisme ou tout système de transformation d'énergie.
  6. 6
    Évacuation de détritus.
  7. 7
    Procédé métrique qui consiste à rejeter au début du vers suivant, afin de le mettre en relief, un mot ou un groupe de mots qui appartiennent, par la construction syntaxique et le sens, au vers précédent.
  8. 8
    Phénomène de refus d'un tissu ou d'un organe venu d'un autre organisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rejet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On a ordonné le rejet de cette pièce comme inutile, falsifiée, supposée. — Le rejet d’un pourvoi, d’une demande.
  2. Il a voté pour le rejet de la loi proposée. — Il s’est prononcé pour le rejet de la proposition.

Synonyms

refuscontre-rejetenjambement

This word in other languages

rejection(English)Ablehnung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erjet
  • reejt
  • rejett
  • rejjet
  • rejte
  • rjeet
  • rrejet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rejet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erjet2reejt2rejett1rejjet1rejte2rjeet2rrejet1
Edit distance from "rejet"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rejet"?
"rejet" is spelled R-E-J-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʒɛ\.
What does "rejet" mean?
As a noun, "rejet" means: Action de repousser une chose, de n’en pas vouloir, de ne pas l’admettre.
What words are commonly confused with "rejet"?
"rejet" is commonly confused with "rêve", "rest", "rent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rejet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rejet" is \ʁə.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rejet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rejet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rater#6,018promo#6,012prier#6,009pompe#6,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

pourrai7 variantsautrui7 variantsgreen7 variantsgolfe7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list