rejetéevsrépétéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,392
“rejetée” frequency rank
#15,248
“répétées” frequency rank
25640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejetée répétées
Definition Féminin singulier de rejeté. Féminin pluriel de répété.

Where the eye mixes rejetée and répétées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
rejetée
8 ch
répétées

Why the eye confuses rejetée with répétées

A purely visual mix-up. rejetée (\ʁə.ʒə.te\) and répétées (\ʁe.pe.te\) 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 25640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejetée is recorded at frequency rank #10,392, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.te\. répétées is at rank #15,248, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.pe.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 25640, this pair ranks #339,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rejetée vs répétées

Shared letters: erté. Private to "rejetée": j. Private to "répétées": ps.

"rejetée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "répétées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejetée" for "répétées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒə.te\ versus \ʁe.pe.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejetée" or "répétées"?
"rejetée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,392 in our French list, against #15,248 for "répétées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "répétées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #339,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejetée" and "répétées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "répétées vs répétons". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #339,695 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