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Which to use

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

#8,295
“rejeter” frequency rank
#19,387
“rejouer” frequency rank
27682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejeter rejouer
Definition Jeter de nouveau. Jouer de nouveau, se remettre à jouer.

Where the eye mixes rejeter and rejouer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejeter (CVCVCVC) and rejouer (CVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
rejeter
7 ch
rejouer

Look-alike desk: rejeter vs rejouer

A purely visual mix-up. rejeter (\ʁə.ʒə.te\) and rejouer (\ʁə.ʒwe\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejeter is recorded at frequency rank #8,295, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.te\. rejouer is at rank #19,387, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwe\.

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 27682, this pair ranks #327,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejeter vs rejouer

Shared letters: ejr. Private to "rejeter": t. Private to "rejouer": ou.

"rejeter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "rejouer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejeter ← erjeter · reejter · rejeetr · rejeterr · rejetre · rejetter · rejjeter · rejteer
  • rejouer ← erjouer · rejjouer · rejoeur · rejouerr · rejoure · rejuoer · reojuer · rjeouer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejeter" for "rejouer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒə.te\ versus \ʁə.ʒwe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejeter" or "rejouer"?
"rejeter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,295 in our French list, against #19,387 for "rejouer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "rejeter" and "rejouer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejeter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rejouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #327,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejeter" and "rejouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recouper vs rejouer". 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 #327,493 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