rejointvsrejointeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,957
“rejoint” frequency rank
#42,574
“rejointe” frequency rank
45531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoint rejointe
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rejoindre. Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe rejoindre.

Where the eye mixes rejoint and rejointe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rejoint 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
rejoint
8 ch
rejointe

Why the eye confuses rejoint with rejointe

A purely visual mix-up. rejoint (\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 extra letter(s) - “rejoint” sits inside “rejointe”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejoint is recorded at frequency rank #2,957, 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 45531, this pair ranks #202,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejoint vs rejointe

Shared letters: eijnort. Private to "rejoint": -. Private to "rejointe": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejoint ← erjoint · rejiont · rejjoint · rejoinnt · rejointt · rejoitn · rejonit · reojint
  • rejointe ← erjointe · rejionte · rejjointe · rejoinet · rejoinnte · rejointte · rejoitne · rejonite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejoint" and "rejointe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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, "rejoint" or "rejointe"?
"rejoint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,957 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

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoint" 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 #202,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoint" 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 #202,049 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