rejetsvsrépétésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,852
“rejets” frequency rank
#17,263
“répétés” frequency rank
36115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejets répétés
Definition Pluriel de rejet. Pluriel de répété.

Where the eye mixes rejets and répétés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rejets runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against répétés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rejets
7 ch
répétés

Why the eye confuses rejets with répétés

A purely visual mix-up. rejets (\ʁə.ʒɛ\) and répétés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejets is recorded at frequency rank #18,852, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ʒɛ\. 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 36115, this pair ranks #271,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejets vs répétés

Shared letters: rst. Private to "rejets": ej. Private to "répétés": pé.

"rejets" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "répétés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejets ← erjets · reejts · rejest · rejetss · rejetts · rejjets · rejtes · rjeets

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejets" for "répétés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒɛ\ versus \ʁe.pe.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rejets" vs "répétés" - which ranks higher?
"répétés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,263 in our French list, against #18,852 for "rejets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejets" 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 #271,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejets" and "répétés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejets vs revêtus". 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 #271,900 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