regarder
\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\
The verdict
“regarder” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #776 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #776
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
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 | regarder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “regarder” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for regarder is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. Corpus data places it at rank #776 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for regarder, with forms such as "ergarder", "reagrder", and "regadrer". 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, "réparer", "regards", "retarde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is regarder, spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
- 2Être vis-à-vis ; être tourné vers, s'ouvrir vers, en parlant des choses.
- 3Considérer ; examiner avec attention.
- 4Estimer ; juger ; réputer.
- 5Concerner.
- 6Prendre garde, faire attention à quelque chose.
- 7S’observer mutuellement.
- 8Se mirer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergarder,reagrder,regadrer,regardder,regarderr,regardre,regaredr,regarrder,reggarder,regrader,rgearder,rregarder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regarder - 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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Using “regarder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-G-A-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “réparer” - see the side-by-side comparison. regarder vs réparer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.