réjouir

\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\

/\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“réjouir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,046
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner de la joie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rejouir · réjouir · French

réjouir · rank #12,046 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,046
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rigide

Nearest frequency peer: rigide (-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 « réjouir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « réjouir » 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).

réjouir vs retour
57% similar
réjouir vs revoir
57% similar
réjouir vs réjouis
86% similar

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

Key facts for réjouir
PropertyValue
Headwordréjouir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,046
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réjouir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).réjouirse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rigide » (#12,045), « résolutions » (#12,047), « représentées » (#12,044). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réjouir » est au #12,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around réjouir (IPA \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,046 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for réjouir, with forms such as "rejouir", "rjéouir", and "rréjouir". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "retour", "revoir", "réjouis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is réjouir, spelled R-É-J-O-U-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner de la joie.
  2. 2
    Éprouver de la joie, du plaisir.
  3. 3
    Se féliciter, éprouver une vive satisfaction de quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Passer le temps agréablement, se divertir.
  5. 5
    Avoir hâte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout venait de s'écrouler en elle et autour d'elle, et rien n'avait plus le pouvoir de toucher son cœur, de le réjouir ou de l'attrister.
  2. On saura aussi et on révérera les courtisanes sacrées ayant réjoui le plus grand nombre d’hommes ou de femmes. Et leurs noms, gravés sur le marbre, seront conservés pour la postérité.

Antonyms

attrister

This word in other languages

rejoice(English)alegrar(Español)erfreuen(Deutsch)desfrutar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rejouir
  • rjéouir
  • rréjouir
  • réjjouir
  • réjoiur
  • réjouirr
  • réjouri
  • réjuoir
  • réojuir
  • érjouir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réjouir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rejouir1rjéouir2rréjouir1réjjouir1réjoiur2réjouirr1réjouri2réjuoir2
Edit distance from "réjouir"

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 "réjouir"?
"réjouir" is spelled R-É-J-O-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\.
What does "réjouir" mean?
As a verb, "réjouir" means: Donner de la joie.
What words are commonly confused with "réjouir"?
"réjouir" is commonly confused with "retour", "revoir", "réjouis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réjouir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réjouir" is \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réjouir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réussis#12,048Salomon#12,049rassuré#12,035premium#12,026

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

sketch10 variantspartait10 variantsvecteur10 variantsAccessoire10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list