Which to use
“rejouer” and “révoquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,387
- “rejouer” frequency rank
- #32,582
- “révoquer” frequency rank
- 51969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rejouer | révoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jouer de nouveau, se remettre à jouer. | Destituer ; ôter à quelqu’un, pour des raisons de mécontentement, les fonctions, le pouvoir, l’emploi amovible qu’on lui avait donné. |
Where the eye mixes rejouer and révoquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejouer runs 7 letters (CVCVVVC) against révoquer's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rejouer vs révoquer
A purely visual mix-up. rejouer (\ʁə.ʒwe\) and révoquer (\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 51969, 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\. révoquer is at rank #32,582, 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 51969, this pair ranks #151,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rejouer vs révoquer
Shared letters: eoru. Private to "rejouer": j. Private to "révoquer": qvé.
"rejouer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "révoquer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rejouer ← erjouer · rejjouer · rejoeur · rejouerr · rejoure · rejuoer · reojuer · rjeouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rejouer" for "révoquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rejouer" or "révoquer"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rejouer" and "révoquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rejouer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révoquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rejouer" and "révoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remorquer vs révoquer". 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 #151,102 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.