regret
\ʁə.ɡʁɛ\
The verdict
“regret” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,617 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,617
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne.
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 | regret |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.ɡʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “regret” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for regret is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.ɡʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,617 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for regret, with forms such as "ergret", "regert", and "reggret". 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, "remet", "rejet", "revêt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is regret, spelled R-E-G-R-E-T.
Definition
- 1Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne.
- 2Déplaisir d’avoir perdu un bien qu’on possédait, ou de n’avoir pu obtenir celui qu’on désirait.
- 3Toute sorte de déplaisir, léger ou considérable.
- 4Repentir, déplaisir d’avoir fait ou de n’avoir pas fait quelque chose, d'un oubli, d'une erreur ou d'une décision.
- 5Lamentations, plaintes, doléances.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergret,regert,reggret,regrett,regrret,regrte,rerget,rgeret,rregret
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regret - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “regret”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-G-R-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.ɡʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “remet” - see the side-by-side comparison. regret vs remet
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.