régner
\ʁe.ɲe\
The verdict
“régner” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,252 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #13,252
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Exercer le pouvoir souverain dans un État monarchique ; se dit des princes souverains, même quand ils ne portent pas le titre de roi.
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 | régner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “régner” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for régner is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ɲe\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,252 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for régner, with forms such as "regner", "rgéner", and "rrégner". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rene", "reine", "Roger", 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 régner, spelled R-É-G-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Exercer le pouvoir souverain dans un État monarchique ; se dit des princes souverains, même quand ils ne portent pas le titre de roi.
- 2Dominer avoir de l’autorité, de l’influence.
- 3Avoir de l’autorité, de l’influence; être en vogue, en crédit.
- 4Prédominer; se faire remarquer; exister, être présent ; durer plus ou moins longtemps.
- 5S’étendre sur une ligne continue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: regner,rgéner,rrégner,régenr,réggner,régnerr,régnner,régnre,rénger,érgner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "régner"
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 “régner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-G-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.ɲe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rene” - see the side-by-side comparison. régner vs rene
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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