Which to use
“reçoit” and “rejoint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,450
- “reçoit” frequency rank
- #2,957
- “rejoint” frequency rank
- 5407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçoit | rejoint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rejoindre. |
Where the eye mixes reçoit and rejoint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reçoit runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rejoint's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: reçoit vs rejoint
A purely visual mix-up. reçoit (\ʁə.swa\) and rejoint (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reçoit is recorded at frequency rank #2,450, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.swa\. rejoint is at rank #2,957, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\.
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 5407, this pair ranks #429,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçoit vs rejoint
Shared letters: eiort. Private to "reçoit": ç. Private to "rejoint": jn.
"reçoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rejoint" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rejoint ← erjoint · rejiont · rejjoint · rejoinnt · rejointt · rejoitn · rejonit · reojint
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reçoit" and "rejoint" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reçoit" or "rejoint"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reçoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rejoint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reçoit" and "rejoint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reçoit vs relit". 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 #429,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.