rejetervsrépétésConfusable pair

Quick tell: rejeter is a verb, répétés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rejeter” is a verb and “répétés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,295
“rejeter” frequency rank
#17,263
“répétés” frequency rank
25558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejeter répétés
Definition Jeter de nouveau. Pluriel de répété.

Where the eye mixes rejeter and répétés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. rejeter and répétés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rejeter
7 ch
répétés

Visual trap between rejeter and répétés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rejeter is \ʁə.ʒə.te\ while répétés is \ʁe.pe.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25558, 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\. répétés is at rank #17,263, tagged as anoun, 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 25558, this pair ranks #340,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rejeter vs répétés

Shared letters: rt. Private to "rejeter": ej. Private to "répétés": psé.

"rejeter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "répétés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejeter ← erjeter · reejter · rejeetr · rejeterr · rejetre · rejetter · rejjeter · rejteer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejeter" for "répétés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rejeter" is a verb and "répétés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rejeter" vs "répétés" - which ranks higher?
"rejeter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,295 in our French list, against #17,263 for "répétés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejeter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "répétés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #340,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejeter" and "répétés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs répétés". 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 #340,183 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