Which to use
“refont” and “rejoint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,281
- “refont” frequency rank
- #2,957
- “rejoint” frequency rank
- 37238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refont | rejoint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de refaire. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rejoindre. |
Where the eye mixes refont and rejoint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. refont runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against rejoint's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: refont vs rejoint
A purely visual mix-up. refont (\ʁə.fɔ̃\) 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 37238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refont is recorded at frequency rank #34,281, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɔ̃\. 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 37238, this pair ranks #263,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refont vs rejoint
Shared letters: enort. Private to "refont": f. Private to "rejoint": ij.
"refont" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rejoint" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refont" and "rejoint" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "refont" or "rejoint" show up more?
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 "refont" 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 #263,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refont" and "rejoint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refont vs rement". 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 #263,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.