régler

/\ʁe.ɡle\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,595

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

régler is aFrenchverb. It means: Tirer avec la règle des lignes droites sur du papier, du carton, etc. Pronounced \ʁe.ɡle\. It ranks #2,595 in French word frequency. Often confused with Roger and rêver.

Key facts for régler
PropertyValue
Headwordrégler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ɡle\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,595
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of régler in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for régler is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ɡle\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,595 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for régler, with forms such as "regler", "rgéler", and "rrégler". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Roger", "rêver", "réglo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is régler, spelled R-É-G-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer avec la règle des lignes droites sur du papier, du carton, etc.
  2. 2
    Conduire, diriger suivant certaines règles, assujettir à certaines règles.
  3. 3
    Mettre dans un bon ordre.
  4. 4
    Retrancher de sa dépense, de sa table, etc.
  5. 5
    Mettre en état d’aller bien, de marcher régulièrement.
  6. 6
    Déterminer, ordonner, décider une chose d’une façon ferme et stable.
  7. 7
    Terminer, arrêter, fixer par accord ou par jugement.
  8. 8
    Disposer une chose en vue d’un effet déterminé, l’ordonner d’une manière fixe.
  9. 9
    Décider devant quels juges les parties procéderont.
  10. 10
    Payer.
  11. 11
    Servir de règle.
  12. 12
    Se conduire d’après l’exemple de quelqu’un, prendre quelqu’un pour modèle.
  13. 13
    Se conformer à ce qui a été décidé ou pratiqué relativement à quelque chose.
  14. 14
    Se modérer, mettre de l’ordre dans sa vie.
  15. 15
    Battre un adversaire.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: regler,rgéler,rrégler,régelr,réggler,réglerr,régller,réglre,rélger,érgler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for régler

Misspelling Variants of "régler"

regler6rgéler6rrégler7régelr6réggler7réglerr7régller7réglre6
Misspelling Variants of "régler"

Frequency rank: #2,595 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "régler"?
"régler" is spelled R-É-G-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡle\.
What does "régler" mean?
As a verb, "régler" means: Tirer avec la règle des lignes droites sur du papier, du carton, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "régler"?
"régler" is commonly confused with "Roger", "rêver", "réglo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régler" is \ʁe.ɡle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régler" come from?
"régler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.