régenter
\ʁe.ʒɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“régenter” is uncommon French (frequency #74,356 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,356
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être régent, diriger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regenter · régenter · French
régenter · rank #74,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,356
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH référendaires
Nearest frequency peer: référendaires (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « régenter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- récupérateu…
récupérateurs
25,648 corpus weight
- réflexif
réflexif
25,647 corpus weight
- référendair…
référendaires
25,646 corpus weight
- régenter
régenter
25,645 corpus weight
- régularisat…
régularisations
25,644 corpus weight
- régulatrice
régulatrice
25,643 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « régenter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | régenter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.ʒɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « régenter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
régenter is uncommon French at frequency #74,356 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.ʒɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for régenter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 régenter, spelled R-É-G-E-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être régent, diriger.
- 2Diriger une classe.
- 3Aimer à dominer et vouloir toujours que son avis prévale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régenter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un homme qui a la manie de régenter.
Quoi ! toujours, malgré nos remontrances, Heurter le fondement de toutes les sciences, La grammaire, qui sait régenter jusqu’aux rois, Et les fait, la main haute, obéir à ses lois !
This word in other languages
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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