rejetévsrejetéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rejeté is a verb, rejetées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rejeté” is a verb and “rejetées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,882
“rejeté” frequency rank
#23,006
“rejetées” frequency rank
29888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejeté rejetées
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rejeter. Féminin pluriel de rejeté.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rejeté and rejetées apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
rejeté
8 ch
rejetées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rejeté and rejetées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.ʒə.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rejeté” sits inside “rejetées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejeté is recorded at frequency rank #6,882, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.te\. rejetées is at rank #23,006, tagged as anadj, 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 29888, this pair ranks #313,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejeté vs rejetées

Shared letters: ejrté. Private to "rejeté": -. Private to "rejetées": s.

"rejeté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rejetées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

rejeté#6,882
rejetées#23,006

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejeté" and "rejetées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rejeté" is a verb and "rejetées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rejeté" or "rejetées"?
"rejeté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,882 in our French list, against #23,006 for "rejetées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering rejeté vs rejetées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “rejeté”; for an adjective, it's “rejetées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “rejeté” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list