régate
\ʁe.ɡat\
The verdict
“régate” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,648
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Course d’embarcations, de yachts qui se disputent le prix de la vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regate · régate · French
régate · rank #43,648 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,648
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH récréatives
Nearest frequency peer: récréatives (-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 « régate »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rudimentair…
rudimentaires
56,356 corpus weight
- réanimer
réanimer
56,355 corpus weight
- récréatives
récréatives
56,354 corpus weight
- régate
régate
56,353 corpus weight
- réussissez
réussissez
56,352 corpus weight
- réélire
réélire
56,351 corpus weight
What this shows « régate » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | régate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɡat\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régate »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around régate (IPA \ʁe.ɡat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,648 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for régate, with forms such as "regate", "rgéate", and "rrégate". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reste", "réglé", "régit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is régate, spelled R-É-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Course d’embarcations, de yachts qui se disputent le prix de la vitesse.
- 2Sorte de cravate qui forme un nœud à pans verticaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur l’eau défilent de spectaculaires parades de bateaux tout comme les régates de voile ainsi que des courses de dragon boat.
[…] de solides gaillards au teint de viande crue, aux voyants foulards attachés par des nœuds régate sur des gilets de tricot, à manches.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- regate
- rgéate
- rrégate
- réagte
- régaet
- régatte
- réggate
- régtae
- érgate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régate - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).