Which to use
“rejetées” is an adjective and “repérées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,006
- “rejetées” frequency rank
- #43,637
- “repérées” frequency rank
- 66643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejetées | repérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de rejeté. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de repérer. |
Where the eye mixes rejetées and repérées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejetées and repérées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rejetées vs repérées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rejetées is \ʁə.ʒə.te\ while repérées is \ʁə.pe.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rejetées is recorded at frequency rank #23,006, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.te\. repérées is at rank #43,637, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\.
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 66643, this pair ranks #66,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rejetées vs repérées
Shared letters: ersé. Private to "rejetées": jt. Private to "repérées": p.
"rejetées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "repérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rejetées" for "repérées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rejetées" or "repérées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejetées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejetées" and "repérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs repèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.