Which to use
“rejoué” and “réjouir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,147
- “rejoué” frequency rank
- #12,046
- “réjouir” frequency rank
- 60193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejoué | réjouir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rejouer. | Donner de la joie. |
Where the eye mixes rejoué and réjouir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rejoué runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against réjouir's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses rejoué with réjouir
A purely visual mix-up. rejoué (\ʁə.ʒwe\) and réjouir (\ʁe.ʒwiʁ\) 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 60193, 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\. réjouir is at rank #12,046, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ʒwiʁ\.
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 60193, this pair ranks #98,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rejoué vs réjouir
Shared letters: jorué. Private to "rejoué": e. Private to "réjouir": i.
"rejoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "réjouir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rejoué" and "réjouir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rejoué" or "réjouir"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réjouir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejoué" and "réjouir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs relous". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #98,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.