rajoutervsrajoutezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“rajouter” and “rajoutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,360
“rajouter” frequency rank
#41,483
“rajoutez” frequency rank
48843
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rajouter rajoutez
Definition Ajouter de nouveau. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rajouter.

Same sound, different letters: rajouter vs rajoutez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rajouter and rajoutez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
rajouter
8 ch
rajoutez

Same sound, different spelling - rajouter / rajoutez

This is the hard kind. rajouter and rajoutez are pronounced identically (\ʁa.ʒu.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “rajouter” becomes z in “rajoutez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rajouter is recorded at frequency rank #7,360, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʒu.te\. rajoutez is at rank #41,483, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.ʒu.te\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 48843, this pair ranks #175,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rajouter vs rajoutez

Shared letters: aejortu. Private to "rajouter": -. Private to "rajoutez": z.

"rajouter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "rajoutez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rajouter ← arjouter · rajjouter · rajotuer · rajouetr · rajouterr · rajoutre · rajoutter · rajuoter
  • rajoutez ← arjoutez · rajjoutez · rajotuez · rajouetz · rajoutezz · rajouttez · rajoutze · rajuotez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rajouter" and "rajoutez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁa.ʒu.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "rajouter" vs "rajoutez" - which ranks higher?
"rajouter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,360 in our French list, against #41,483 for "rajoutez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "rajouter" / "rajoutez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rajouter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rajoutez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rajouter" and "rajoutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rajoutent vs rajoutez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #175,609 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list