régalia
\ʁe.ɡa.lja\
The verdict
“régalia” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie des cigares de la Havane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regalia · régalia · French
régalia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | régalia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɡa.lja\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
régalia is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.ɡa.lja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie des cigares de la Havane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for régalia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is régalia, spelled R-É-G-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Qualifie des cigares de la Havane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régalia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On prend dans le meuble d’ébène un régalia couleur d’or On le fait craquer d’un coup d’ongle On l’allume voluptueusement Fumez fumeur fumez fumée fait l’hélice
Nous le souhaitons de grand cœur et nous en remercions bien volontiers le cigarito manillard, dont la réapparition imprévue nous met pour long-temps des régalias sur la planche et doit faire tressaillir d’allégresse M. Théodore Burette, l’auteur de la Physiologie du fumeur, jusque dans le tréfoin de sa chiffarde.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.