réjouir
\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\
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
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Donner de la joie.
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 | réjouir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réjouir” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around réjouir (IPA \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,046 among 507,453 “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
- 1Donner de la joie.
- 2Éprouver de la joie, du plaisir.
- 3Se féliciter, éprouver une vive satisfaction de quelque chose.
- 4Passer le temps agréablement, se divertir.
- 5Avoir hâte
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “réjouir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-J-O-U-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “retour” - see the side-by-side comparison. réjouir vs retour
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.