réjouissantvsréjouissonsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: réjouissant is a adjective, réjouissons is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réjouissant” is an adjective and “réjouissons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,711
“réjouissant” frequency rank
#42,025
“réjouissons” frequency rank
73736
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réjouissant réjouissons
Definition Qui réjouit, qui amuse. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de réjouir.

Letter map: réjouissant vs réjouissons

Shared letters muted; letters that set réjouissant and réjouissons apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. réjouissant and réjouissons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
réjouissant
11 ch
réjouissons

Grammar separator: réjouissant vs réjouissons

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réjouissant is anadjective and réjouissonsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réjouissant is recorded at frequency rank #31,711, classified as anadj. réjouissons is at rank #42,025, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃\.

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 73736, this pair ranks #39,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réjouissant vs réjouissons

Shared letters: ijnorsué. Private to "réjouissant": at. Private to "réjouissons": -.

"réjouissant" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVCC  ·  "réjouissons" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réjouissant" and "réjouissons" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réjouissant" is an adjective and "réjouissons" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réjouissant" or "réjouissons" show up more?
"réjouissant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,711 in our French list, against #42,025 for "réjouissons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "réjouissant" vs "réjouissons" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réjouissant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réjouissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réjouissant" and "réjouissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réjouissait vs réjouissant". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #39,460 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