rejetéesvsréputéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,006
“rejetées” frequency rank
#22,692
“réputées” frequency rank
45698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejetées réputées
Definition Féminin pluriel de rejeté. Féminin pluriel de réputé.

Where the eye mixes rejetées and réputées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejetées and réputées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
rejetées
8 ch
réputées

Why the eye confuses rejetées with réputées

A purely visual mix-up. rejetées (\ʁə.ʒə.te\) and réputées (\ʁe.py.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45698, 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\. réputées is at rank #22,692, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.py.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 45698, this pair ranks #200,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejetées vs réputées

Shared letters: ersté. Private to "rejetées": j. Private to "réputées": pu.

"rejetées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "réputées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejetées" and "réputées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒə.te\ versus \ʁe.py.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejetées" or "réputées"?
"réputées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,692 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.

Useful next steps

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 "réputées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejetées" and "réputées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejetées vs repérées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #200,716 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