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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rejoins" for "rejointe" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rejoins" or "rejointe"?
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.