Which to use
“rejoué” is a verb and “remous” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,147
- “rejoué” frequency rank
- #19,652
- “remous” frequency rank
- 67799
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejoué | remous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rejouer. | Retour de l’eau sur elle-même dans le sillage d’un navire en marche. |
Where the eye mixes rejoué and remous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rejoué (CVCVVV) and remous (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: rejoué vs remous
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rejoué is \ʁə.ʒwe\ while remous is \ʁə.mu\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67799, 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\. remous is at rank #19,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mu\.
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 67799, this pair ranks #61,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rejoué vs remous
Shared letters: eoru. Private to "rejoué": jé. Private to "remous": ms.
"rejoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "remous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remous ← ermous · remmous · remosu · remouss · remuos · reomus · rmeous · rremous
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rejoué" and "remous" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "rejoué" or "remous" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejoué" and "remous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs relous". 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 #61,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.