regagnent

\ʁə.ɡaɲ\

/\ʁə.ɡaɲ\/ verb

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The verdict

“regagnent” is uncommon French (frequency #58,208 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,208
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regagner.

Key facts for regagnent
PropertyValue
Headwordregagnent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ɡaɲ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “regagnent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). regagnent lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regagnent is uncommon French at frequency #58,208 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.ɡaɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

regagnent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is regagnent, spelled R-E-G-A-G-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regagner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de regagner.

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 "regagnent"?
"regagnent" is spelled R-E-G-A-G-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ɡaɲ\.
What does "regagnent" mean?
As a verb, "regagnent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regagner.
How do you pronounce "regagnent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regagnent" is \ʁə.ɡaɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regagnent" come from?
"regagnent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “regagnent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-G-A-G-N-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.ɡaɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list