Which to use
“rejettent” and “revêtent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,248
- “rejettent” frequency rank
- #43,640
- “revêtent” frequency rank
- 60888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejettent | revêtent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rejeter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revêtir. |
Where the eye mixes rejettent and revêtent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rejettent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against revêtent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rejettent and revêtent
A purely visual mix-up. rejettent (\ʁə.ʒɛt\) and revêtent (\ʁə.vɛt\) 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 60888, 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\. revêtent is at rank #43,640, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛt\.
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 60888, this pair ranks #95,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rejettent vs revêtent
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "rejettent": j. Private to "revêtent": vê.
"rejettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "revêtent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rejettent ← erjettent · reejttent · rejetent · rejetetnt · rejettennt · rejettentt · rejettetn · rejettnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rejettent" for "revêtent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rejettent" vs "revêtent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejettent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejettent" and "revêtent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs revêtent". 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 #95,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.