regagnant

\ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\

/\ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“regagnant” is uncommon French (frequency #85,209 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,209
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de regagner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regagnant · regagnant · French

regagnant · rank #85,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,209
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH refuserez

Nearest frequency peer: refuserez (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « regagnant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « regagnant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regagnant
PropertyValue
Headwordregagnant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,209
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « regagnant » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).regagnanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « refuserez » (#85,208), « regonfler » (#85,210), « refuserai » (#85,207). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « regagnant » est au #85,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regagnant is uncommon French at frequency #85,209 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de regagner.".

regagnant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is regagnant, spelled R-E-G-A-G-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de regagner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how regagnant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tout en regagnant ses pénates et pour s’y encourager, il récapitula le menu qu’il s’était commandé : salade de chou-palmiste, ouassous apportés par un camarade de Caco-Sainte-Rose, palourdes au court-bouillon, daube de tortue, malangas.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regagnant"?
"regagnant" is spelled R-E-G-A-G-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\.
What does "regagnant" mean?
As a verb, "regagnant" means: Participe présent de regagner.
How do you pronounce "regagnant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regagnant" is \ʁə.ɡa.ɲɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regagnant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regagnant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

refuserez#85,208regonfler#85,210refuserai#85,207remballez#85,213

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list