rejouévsrévoquéWhich spelling fits?

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

#48,147
“rejoué” frequency rank
#29,532
“révoqué” frequency rank
77679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejoué révoqué
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de rejouer. Participe passé masculin singulier de révoquer.

Where the eye mixes rejoué and révoqué

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rejoué runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against révoqué's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rejoué
7 ch
révoqué

Look-alike desk: rejoué vs révoqué

A purely visual mix-up. rejoué (\ʁə.ʒwe\) and révoqué (\ʁe.vɔ.ke\) 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 77679, 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\. révoqué is at rank #29,532, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ke\.

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 77679, this pair ranks #27,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rejoué vs révoqué

Shared letters: orué. Private to "rejoué": ej. Private to "révoqué": qv.

"rejoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "révoqué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejoué" and "révoqué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ʒwe\ versus \ʁe.vɔ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rejoué" vs "révoqué" - which ranks higher?
"révoqué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,532 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.

After this comparison

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 "révoqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejoué" and "révoqué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs relous". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,717 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