Which to use
“rejette” and “remette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,296
- “rejette” frequency rank
- #17,804
- “remette” frequency rank
- 26100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejette | remette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rejeter. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de remettre. |
Where the eye mixes rejette and remette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rejette and remette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rejette with remette
A purely visual mix-up. rejette (\ʁə.ʒɛt\) and remette (\ʁə.mɛt\) 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 a single letter - j in “rejette” becomes m in “remette”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rejette is recorded at frequency rank #8,296, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒɛt\. remette is at rank #17,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛt\.
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 26100, this pair ranks #337,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rejette vs remette
Shared letters: ert. Private to "rejette": j. Private to "remette": m.
"rejette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rejette" and "remette" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rejette" vs "remette" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rejette" and "remette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejette" and "remette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remette vs revêtue". 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 #337,115 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.