rejoinsvsrejointsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rejoins is a verb, rejoints is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rejoins” is a verb and “rejoints” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,890
“rejoins” frequency rank
#21,139
“rejoints” frequency rank
29029
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoins rejoints
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rejoindre. Masculin pluriel de rejoint.

Same sound, different letters: rejoins vs rejoints

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rejoins runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against rejoints's 8 (CVCVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rejoins
8 ch
rejoints

Same sound, different spelling - rejoins / rejoints

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rejoins and rejoints carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29029, 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\. rejoints is at rank #21,139, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwɛ̃\.

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 29029, this pair ranks #319,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejoins vs rejoints

Shared letters: eijnors. Private to "rejoins": -. Private to "rejoints": t.

"rejoins" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "rejoints" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejoins ← erjoins · rejions · rejjoins · rejoinns · rejoinss · rejoisn · rejonis · reojins
  • rejoints ← erjoints · rejionts · rejjoints · rejoinnts · rejoinst · rejointss · rejointts · rejoitns

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejoins" and "rejoints" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rejoins" is a verb and "rejoints" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rejoins" or "rejoints" show up more?
"rejoins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,890 in our French list, against #21,139 for "rejoints". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #319,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoins" and "rejoints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejointe vs rejoints". 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 #319,178 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