Which to use
“référer” and “rejeter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,144
- “référer” frequency rank
- #8,295
- “rejeter” frequency rank
- 22439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | référer | rejeter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapporter une chose à une autre. | Jeter de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes référer and rejeter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between référer and rejeter
A purely visual mix-up. référer (\ʁe.fe.ʁe\) and rejeter (\ʁə.ʒə.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
référer is recorded at frequency rank #14,144, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.fe.ʁe\. rejeter is at rank #8,295, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.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 22439, this pair ranks #357,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of référer vs rejeter
Shared letters: er. Private to "référer": fé. Private to "rejeter": jt.
"référer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "rejeter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rejeter ← erjeter · reejter · rejeetr · rejeterr · rejetre · rejetter · rejjeter · rejteer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "référer" for "rejeter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "référer" vs "rejeter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "référer" and "rejeter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "référer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rejeter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,963 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "référer" and "rejeter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "référer vs renfermer". 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 #357,963 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.