regrette

\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\

/\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“regrette” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,218
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regrette · regrette · French

regrette · rank #3,218 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,218
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raté

Nearest frequency peer: raté (-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 « regrette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « regrette » 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).

regrette vs rejette
75% similar
regrette vs remette
75% similar
regrette vs regretter
89% similar

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

Key facts for regrette
PropertyValue
Headwordregrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,218
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « regrette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).regrettese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raté » (#3,217), « Rennes » (#3,219), « pure » (#3,216). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « regrette » est au #3,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around regrette (IPA \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,218 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for regrette, with forms such as "ergrette", "regertte", and "reggrette". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rejette", "remette", "regretter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is regrette, spelled R-E-G-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de regretter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de regretter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de regretter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je regrette Key West où Philippe et moi avions improvisé une lune de miel suave et tiède, où nous avions passé des journées jaunes de soleil et bleues de mer, où nous avions bu des piña-coladas beiges et crémeux, des margaritas vertes et salées.
  2. Éternel mouton noir de la chiraquie, Philippe Séguin la regrette également, conscient plus que tout autre du lien qui unit les conjurés : la volonté de « déséguiniser » Chirac, de fermer la parenthèse qui avait vu le candidat RPR à la présidentielle chasser sur des terres de gauche dans l’unique but de prendre à revers Balladur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ergrette
  • regertte
  • reggrette
  • regrete
  • regretet
  • regrrette
  • regrtete
  • rergette
  • rgerette
  • rregrette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ergrette2regertte2reggrette1regrete1regretet2regrrette1regrtete2rergette2
Edit distance from "regrette"

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 "regrette"?
"regrette" is spelled R-E-G-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\.
What does "regrette" mean?
As a verb, "regrette" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter.
What words are commonly confused with "regrette"?
"regrette" is commonly confused with "rejette", "remette", "regretter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regrette" is \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regrette" come from?
"regrette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

réalisée#3,221salaires#3,222sexuelle#3,223anglaise#3,235

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

manquer10 variantslicence10 variantsdegrés10 variantscroient10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list