Regal
\ʀeˈɡaːl\
The verdict
“Regal” is uncommon French (frequency #64,045 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,045
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Casier, étagère, rayon, rayonnage, régale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regal · Regal · French
Regal · rank #64,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,045
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH redéfinit
Nearest frequency peer: redéfinit (-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 « Regal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rechigner
rechigner
35,960 corpus weight
- redéfinit
redéfinit
35,957 corpus weight
- Regal
Regal
35,956 corpus weight
- rejettes
rejettes
35,955 corpus weight
- remercia
remercia
35,954 corpus weight
- repeinte
repeinte
35,953 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Regal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Regal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʀeˈɡaːl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Regal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Regal is uncommon French at frequency #64,045 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʀeˈɡaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Regal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Regal, spelled R-E-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1Casier, étagère, rayon, rayonnage, régale.
- 2Régale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Regal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir können diesen Wäscheschrank ein paar Zentimeter nach links verschieben, damit du Platz für dein neues Regal hast.
Nach einem heftigen Erdbeben (...) In Videos in chinesischen sozialen Medien war zu sehen, wie Regale so stark schwankten, dass die Sachen herausfielen.
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.
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