regardez
\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\
The verdict
“regardez” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,402 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,402
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.
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 | regardez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “regardez” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for regardez 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 #1,402 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 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 regardez, with forms such as "ergardez", "reagrdez", and "regadrez". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "regards", "retarde", "réparez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is regardez, spelled R-E-G-A-R-D-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de regarder.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergardez,reagrdez,regadrez,regarddez,regardezz,regardze,regaredz,regarrdez,reggardez,regradez,rgeardez,rregardez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regardez - 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 “regardez”
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-Z - 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 “regards” - see the side-by-side comparison. regardez vs regards
- 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.