régressé

\ʁe.ɡʁe.se\

/\ʁe.ɡʁe.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“régressé” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,781
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de régresser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regresse · régressé · French

régressé · rank #48,781 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,781
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réjouissait

Nearest frequency peer: réjouissait (+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 « régressé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « régressé » 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).

régressé vs regrets
63% similar
régressé vs regrette
50% similar
régressé vs régresser
78% similar

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

Key facts for régressé
PropertyValue
Headwordrégressé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ɡʁe.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,781
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régressé »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).régressése 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 « réjouissait » (#48,782), « réfrigérateurs » (#48,779), « réorganisé » (#48,783). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régressé » est au #48,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around régressé (IPA \ʁe.ɡʁe.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,781 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de régresser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for régressé, with forms such as "regresse", "rgéressé", and "rrégressé". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "regrets", "regrette", "régresser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is régressé, spelled R-É-G-R-E-S-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de régresser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regresse
  • rgéressé
  • rrégressé
  • régerssé
  • réggressé
  • régresé
  • régresés
  • régrressé
  • régrsesé
  • rérgessé
  • érgressé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régressé - 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.

regresse2rgéressé2rrégressé1régerssé2réggressé1régresé1régresés2régrressé1
Edit distance from "régressé"

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 "régressé"?
"régressé" is spelled R-É-G-R-E-S-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡʁe.se\.
What does "régressé" mean?
As a verb, "régressé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de régresser.
What words are commonly confused with "régressé"?
"régressé" is commonly confused with "regrets", "regrette", "régresser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régressé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régressé" is \ʁe.ɡʁe.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régressé" come from?
"régressé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soudures#48,800renoncez#48,761remanier#48,758Reginald#48,755

Similar misspelling depth

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

recouper11 variantssupposait11 variantstalonneur11 variantsproféré11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list