rejetaitvsremettaitWhich spelling fits?

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

#49,903
“rejetait” frequency rank
#26,507
“remettait” frequency rank
76410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejetait remettait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rejeter. Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de remettre.

Where the eye mixes rejetait and remettait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rejetait runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against remettait's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rejetait
9 ch
remettait

Why the eye confuses rejetait with remettait

A purely visual mix-up. rejetait (\ʁə.ʒə.tɛ\) and remettait (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) 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 76410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejetait is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.tɛ\. remettait is at rank #26,507, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\.

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 76410, this pair ranks #31,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rejetait vs remettait

Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "rejetait": j. Private to "remettait": m.

"rejetait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "remettait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejetaiterjetait · reejtait · rejeatit · rejetaitt · rejetati · rejetiat · rejettait · rejjetait
  • remettaitermettait · reemttait · remetait · remetatit · remettaitt · remettati · remettiat · remmettait

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejetait" for "remettait" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒə.tɛ\ versus \ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejetait" or "remettait"?
"remettait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,507 in our French list, against #49,903 for "rejetait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejetait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remettait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejetait" and "remettait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflétait vs rejetait". 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 #31,228 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