réjouisvsRémoisConfusable pair

Quick tell: réjouis is a adjective, Rémois is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réjouis” is an adjective and “Rémois” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,231
“réjouis” frequency rank
#42,026
“Rémois” frequency rank
58257
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réjouis Rémois
Definition Masculin pluriel de réjoui. Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département des Vosges intégrée dans la commune de Longchamp-sous-Châtenois.

Where the eye mixes réjouis and Rémois

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. réjouis runs 7 letters (CVCVVVC) against Rémois's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
réjouis
6 ch
Rémois

Visual trap between réjouis and Rémois

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réjouis is \ʁe.ʒwi\ while Rémois is \ʁe.mwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réjouis is recorded at frequency rank #16,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ʒwi\. Rémois is at rank #42,026, tagged as aname, pronounced \ʁe.mwa\.

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 58257, this pair ranks #110,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réjouis vs Rémois

Shared letters: iorsé. Private to "réjouis": ju. Private to "Rémois": m.

"réjouis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC  ·  "Rémois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réjouis" and "Rémois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réjouis" is an adjective and "Rémois" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réjouis" or "Rémois"?
"réjouis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,231 in our French list, against #42,026 for "Rémois". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réjouis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rémois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réjouis" and "Rémois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs Rémois". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #110,110 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