# regret vs reset

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### regret
*verb · IPA /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ · frequency rank #3,838*
To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

### reset
*verb · IPA /ɹiːˈsɛt/ · frequency rank #9,246*
To set back to the initial state.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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