rejettentvsrevêtentWhich spelling fits?

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.

9 ch
rejettent
8 ch
revêtent

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒɛt\ versus \ʁə.vɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rejettent" vs "revêtent" - which ranks higher?
"rejettent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,248 in our French list, against #43,640 for "revêtent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list