rejoindrevsrejointeWhich spelling fits?

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

#1,636
“rejoindre” frequency rank
#42,574
“rejointe” frequency rank
44210
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoindre rejointe
Definition Réunir des parties qui avaient été séparées. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe rejoindre.

Where the eye mixes rejoindre and rejointe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
rejoindre
8 ch
rejointe

Look-alike desk: rejoindre vs rejointe

A purely visual mix-up. rejoindre (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃dʁ\) and rejointe (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃t\) 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 44210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejoindre is recorded at frequency rank #1,636, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃dʁ\. rejointe is at rank #42,574, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃t\.

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 44210, this pair ranks #212,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejoindre vs rejointe

Shared letters: eijnor. Private to "rejoindre": d. Private to "rejointe": t.

"rejoindre" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCCV  ·  "rejointe" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejoindreerjoindre · rejiondre · rejjoindre · rejoidnre · rejoinddre · rejoinder · rejoindrre · rejoinndre
  • rejointeerjointe · rejionte · rejjointe · rejoinet · rejoinnte · rejointte · rejoitne · rejonite

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejoindre" and "rejointe" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃dʁ\ versus \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejoindre" or "rejointe"?
"rejoindre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,636 in our French list, against #42,574 for "rejointe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoindre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rejointe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoindre" and "rejointe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoigne vs rejointe". 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 #212,199 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