regardais

\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\

/\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“regardais” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,221
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regardais · regardais · French

regardais · rank #10,221 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,221
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH refroidisseme…

Nearest frequency peer: refroidissement (-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 « regardais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « regardais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

regardais vs regards
78% similar
regardais vs regardés
78% similar
regardais vs regardant
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for regardais
PropertyValue
Headwordregardais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,221
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « regardais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.regardaisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « refroidissement » (#10,220), « relier » (#10,222), « RDC » (#10,219). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « regardais » est au #10,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around regardais (IPA \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,221 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for regardais, with forms such as "ergardais", "reagrdais", and "regadrais". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "regards", "regardés", "regardant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is regardais, spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je me promenais dans cette ville si chère à ses habitants, j’allais du Rialto au grand canal, du quai des Esclavons au Lido, je revenais à sa cathédrale, si originalement sublime ; je regardais les fenêtres de la Casa Doro, dont chacune a des ornements différents ; je contemplais ces vieux palais si riches de marbre, enfin toutes ces merveilles avec lesqu…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ergardais
  • reagrdais
  • regadrais
  • regaradis
  • regardaiss
  • regardasi
  • regarddais
  • regardias
  • regarrdais
  • reggardais
  • regradais
  • rgeardais
  • rregardais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regardais - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ergardais2reagrdais2regadrais2regaradis2regardaiss1regardasi2regarddais1regardias2
Edit distance from "regardais"

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 "regardais"?
"regardais" is spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\.
What does "regardais" mean?
As a verb, "regardais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder.
What words are commonly confused with "regardais"?
"regardais" is commonly confused with "regards", "regardés", "regardant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regardais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regardais" is \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regardais" come from?
"regardais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list