régnait

\ʁe.ɲɛ\

/\ʁe.ɲɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“régnait” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,673
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de régner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regnait · régnait · French

régnait · rank #19,673 · 11 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,673
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH récurrents

Nearest frequency peer: récurrents (-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 « régnait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « régnait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

régnait vs réunit
71% similar
régnait vs rêvait
57% similar
régnait vs renaît
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for régnait
PropertyValue
Headwordrégnait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ɲɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,673
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régnait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).régnaitse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « récurrents » (#19,672), « répondrai » (#19,674), « répètent » (#19,675). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régnait » est au #19,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around régnait (IPA \ʁe.ɲɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,673 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de régner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for régnait, with forms such as "regnait", "rgénait", and "rrégnait". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "réunit", "rêvait", "renaît", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is régnait, spelled R-É-G-N-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de régner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how régnait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Partout le marbre blanc régnait. De la pierre marmoréenne émanait une douce clarté que les délicates nervures noires qui la parcouraient ne suffisaient pas à affaiblir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regnait
  • rgénait
  • rrégnait
  • réganit
  • réggnait
  • régnaitt
  • régnati
  • régniat
  • régnnait
  • réngait
  • érgnait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régnait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

regnait1rgénait2rrégnait1réganit2réggnait1régnaitt1régnati2régniat2
Edit distance from "régnait"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "régnait"?
"régnait" is spelled R-É-G-N-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɲɛ\.
What does "régnait" mean?
As a verb, "régnait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de régner.
What words are commonly confused with "régnait"?
"régnait" is commonly confused with "réunit", "rêvait", "renaît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régnait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régnait" is \ʁe.ɲɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régnait" come from?
"régnait" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "régnait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list