Which to use
“recourir” and “réjouir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,547
- “recourir” frequency rank
- #12,046
- “réjouir” frequency rank
- 21593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recourir | réjouir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Courir de nouveau. | Donner de la joie. |
Where the eye mixes recourir and réjouir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recourir runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against réjouir's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recourir vs réjouir
A purely visual mix-up. recourir (\ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\) and réjouir (\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\) 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 21593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recourir is recorded at frequency rank #9,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\. réjouir is at rank #12,046, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\.
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 21593, this pair ranks #362,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recourir vs réjouir
Shared letters: ioru. Private to "recourir": ce. Private to "réjouir": jé.
"recourir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "réjouir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recourir ← ercourir · rceourir · reccourir · recoruir · recouirr · recourirr · recourri · recourrir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recourir" for "réjouir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recourir" or "réjouir"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recourir" and "réjouir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recourir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réjouir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recourir" and "réjouir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs réjouir". 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 #362,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.