rejoinsvsrejointeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,890
“rejoins” frequency rank
#42,574
“rejointe” frequency rank
50464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoins rejointe
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rejoindre. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe rejoindre.

Where the eye mixes rejoins and rejointe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rejoins runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against rejointe's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rejoins
8 ch
rejointe

Why the eye confuses rejoins with rejointe

A purely visual mix-up. rejoins (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\) 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 50464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejoins is recorded at frequency rank #7,890, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\. 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 50464, this pair ranks #162,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejoins vs rejointe

Shared letters: eijnor. Private to "rejoins": s. Private to "rejointe": t.

"rejoins" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "rejointe" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejoins ← erjoins · rejions · rejjoins · rejoinns · rejoinss · rejoisn · rejonis · reojins
  • rejointe ← erjointe · rejionte · rejjointe · rejoinet · rejoinnte · rejointte · rejoitne · rejonite

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rejoins" for "rejointe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\ versus \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejoins" or "rejointe"?
"rejoins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,890 in our French list, against #42,574 for "rejointe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoins" 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 #162,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoins" 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 #162,403 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