rejouévsrésoutWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#48,147
“rejoué” frequency rank
#14,790
“résout” frequency rank
62937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoué résout
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de rejouer. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe résoudre.

Where the eye mixes rejoué and résout

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rejoué (CVCVVV) and résout (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
rejoué
6 ch
résout

Why the eye confuses rejoué with résout

A purely visual mix-up. rejoué (\ʁə.ʒwe\) and résout (\ʁe.zu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62937, 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\. résout is at rank #14,790, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.zu\.

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 62937, this pair ranks #84,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rejoué vs résout

Shared letters: orué. Private to "rejoué": ej. Private to "résout": st.

"rejoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "résout" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejoué" and "résout" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒwe\ versus \ʁe.zu\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rejoué" vs "résout" - which ranks higher?
"résout" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,790 in our French list, against #48,147 for "rejoué". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "rejoué" and "résout" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "résout" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoué" and "résout" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs relous". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #84,459 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