Which to use
“rejouer” and “réjouir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,387
- “rejouer” frequency rank
- #12,046
- “réjouir” frequency rank
- 31433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejouer | réjouir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jouer de nouveau, se remettre à jouer. | Donner de la joie. |
Where the eye mixes rejouer and réjouir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejouer and réjouir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rejouer with réjouir
A purely visual mix-up. rejouer (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rejouer is recorded at frequency rank #19,387, 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 31433, this pair ranks #303,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rejouer vs réjouir
Shared letters: joru. Private to "rejouer": e. Private to "réjouir": ié.
"rejouer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "réjouir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rejouer ← erjouer · rejjouer · rejoeur · rejouerr · rejoure · rejuoer · reojuer · rjeouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rejouer" and "réjouir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rejouer" or "réjouir"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejouer" 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 #303,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejouer" and "réjouir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recouper vs rejouer". 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 #303,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.