Which to use
“rejettent” and “remettant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,248
- “rejettent” frequency rank
- #19,130
- “remettant” frequency rank
- 36378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejettent | remettant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rejeter. | Participe présent du verbe remettre. |
Where the eye mixes rejettent and remettant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rejettent and remettant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rejettent with remettant
A purely visual mix-up. rejettent (\ʁə.ʒɛt\) and remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 36378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rejettent is recorded at frequency rank #17,248, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒɛt\. remettant is at rank #19,130, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\.
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 36378, this pair ranks #270,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rejettent vs remettant
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "rejettent": j. Private to "remettant": am.
"rejettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rejettent" and "remettant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rejettent" or "remettant" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rejettent" and "remettant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejettent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remettant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejettent" and "remettant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettant vs remettront". 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 #270,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.