regrettentvsrejettentWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#24,739
“regrettent” frequency rank
#17,248
“rejettent” frequency rank
41987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regrettent rejettent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rejeter.

Where the eye mixes regrettent and rejettent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regrettent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against rejettent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
regrettent
9 ch
rejettent

Look-alike desk: regrettent vs rejettent

A purely visual mix-up. regrettent (\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\) and rejettent (\ʁə.ʒɛt\) 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 41987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regrettent is recorded at frequency rank #24,739, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\. rejettent is at rank #17,248, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒɛt\.

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 41987, this pair ranks #229,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regrettent vs rejettent

Shared letters: enrt. Private to "regrettent": g. Private to "rejettent": j.

"regrettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "rejettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regrettentergrettent · regerttent · reggrettent · regretent · regretetnt · regrettennt · regrettentt · regrettetn
  • rejettenterjettent · reejttent · rejetent · rejetetnt · rejettennt · rejettentt · rejettetn · rejettnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regrettent" for "rejettent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\ versus \ʁə.ʒɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regrettent" vs "rejettent" - which ranks higher?
"rejettent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,248 in our French list, against #24,739 for "regrettent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "regrettent" and "rejettent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regrettent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rejettent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #229,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regrettent" and "rejettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regrettent vs regrettez". 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 #229,050 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