rejetervsrépétezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,295
“rejeter” frequency rank
#32,578
“répétez” frequency rank
40873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejeter répétez
Definition Jeter de nouveau. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de répéter.

Where the eye mixes rejeter and répétez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rejeter and répétez 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
répétez

Visual trap between rejeter and répétez

A purely visual mix-up. rejeter (\ʁə.ʒə.te\) and répétez (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40873, 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\. répétez is at rank #32,578, tagged as averb, 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 40873, this pair ranks #237,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejeter vs répétez

Shared letters: ert. Private to "rejeter": j. Private to "répétez": pzé.

"rejeter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "répétez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejeter" and "répétez" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "rejeter" vs "répétez" - which ranks higher?
"rejeter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,295 in our French list, against #32,578 for "répétez". 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 "répétez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #237,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejeter" and "répétez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparez vs répétez". 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 #237,278 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