regardent

\ʁə.ɡaʁd\

/\ʁə.ɡaʁd\/ verb

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The verdict

“regardent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,019
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regardent · regardent · French

regardent · rank #6,019 · 14 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,019
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rater

Nearest frequency peer: rater (-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 « regardent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « regardent » 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).

regardent vs regarder
78% similar
regardent vs regardez
78% similar
regardent vs regardés
67% similar

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

Key facts for regardent
PropertyValue
Headwordregardent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ɡaʁd\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,019
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « regardent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rater » (#6,018), « rejet » (#6,020), « radical » (#6,017). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « regardent » est au #6,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around regardent (IPA \ʁə.ɡaʁd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,019 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for regardent, with forms such as "ergardent", "reagrdent", and "regadrent". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "regarder", "regardez", "regardés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is regardent, spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-E-N-T.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À l’abri du cataclysme, debout dans le vent, deux Indiens accrochés l’un à l’autre se cramponnant aux épaules, regardent le feu en hurlant des mots qui n’en sont pas, des mots du dialecte guaharibo qui signifient mort et peur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ergardent
  • reagrdent
  • regadrent
  • regarddent
  • regardennt
  • regardentt
  • regardetn
  • regardnet
  • regarednt
  • regarrdent
  • reggardent
  • regradent
  • rgeardent
  • rregardent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regardent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ergardent2reagrdent2regadrent2regarddent1regardennt1regardentt1regardetn2regardnet2
Edit distance from "regardent"

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 "regardent"?
"regardent" is spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ɡaʁd\.
What does "regardent" mean?
As a verb, "regardent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.
What words are commonly confused with "regardent"?
"regardent" is commonly confused with "regarder", "regardez", "regardés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regardent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regardent" is \ʁə.ɡaʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regardent" come from?
"regardent" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sanctions#6,029solitaire#6,031trentaine#6,039japonaise#5,995

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

confondre14 variantsculturels14 variantscirculaire14 variantscarburant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list