Which to use
“rejoué” is a verb and “réjoui” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,147
- “rejoué” frequency rank
- #35,709
- “réjoui” frequency rank
- 83856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejoué | réjoui |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rejouer. | Qui exprime la gaieté. |
Where the eye mixes rejoué and réjoui
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rejoué is \ʁə.ʒwe\ while réjoui is \ʁe.ʒwi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rejoué is recorded at frequency rank #48,147, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒwe\. réjoui is at rank #35,709, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ʒwi\.
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 83856, this pair ranks #14,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rejoué vs réjoui
Shared letters: jorué. Private to "rejoué": e. Private to "réjoui": i.
"rejoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "réjoui" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV