rejointvsrejointsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,957
“rejoint” frequency rank
#21,139
“rejoints” frequency rank
24096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoint rejoints
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rejoindre. Masculin pluriel de rejoint.

Same sound, different letters: rejoint vs rejoints

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rejoint 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
rejoint
8 ch
rejoints

Ear matches; page differs - rejoint and rejoints

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rejoint 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 extra letter(s) - “rejoint” sits inside “rejoints”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24096, 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\. 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 24096, this pair ranks #348,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rejoint vs rejoints

Shared letters: eijnort. Private to "rejoint": -. Private to "rejoints": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejoint ← erjoint · rejiont · rejjoint · rejoinnt · rejointt · rejoitn · rejonit · reojint
  • rejoints ← erjoints · rejionts · rejjoints · rejoinnts · rejoinst · rejointss · rejointts · rejoitns

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rejoint" and "rejoints" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rejoint" is a verb and "rejoints" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rejoint" or "rejoints" show up more?
"rejoint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,957 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoint" 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 #348,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoint" 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 #348,645 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