régaler
\ʁe.ɡa.le\
The verdict
“régaler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,017
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner un régal, offrir un plaisir de table.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regaler · régaler · French
régaler · rank #24,017 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,017
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH référant
Nearest frequency peer: référant (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « régaler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ruinée
ruinée
75,987 corpus weight
- runner
runner
75,986 corpus weight
- référant
référant
75,985 corpus weight
- régaler
régaler
75,984 corpus weight
- répertoriés
répertoriés
75,983 corpus weight
- répondeur
répondeur
75,982 corpus weight
What this shows « régaler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | régaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɡa.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régaler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around régaler (IPA \ʁe.ɡa.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,017 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for régaler, with forms such as "regaler", "rgéaler", and "rrégaler". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "réglé", "régler", "régner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is régaler, spelled R-É-G-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Donner un régal, offrir un plaisir de table.
- 2Offrir ou donner pour réjouir ses amis ou pour les divertir.
- 3Plaire fortement, combler de plaisir.
- 4Maltraiter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'y ai aperçu des amis qui ne demandent qu'à me régaler d'un punch au kirsch et j'ai soif.
Ahurissant : on la juge pour la complicité dans des crimes abominables, et Monique Olivier se dépeint en ménagère effacée, régalant son tyran de mari de cacasse à cul nu et de tarte au sucre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- regaler
- rgéaler
- rrégaler
- réagler
- régaelr
- régalerr
- régaller
- régalre
- réggaler
- réglaer
- érgaler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régaler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "régaler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).