régulateurs

\ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\

/\ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“régulateurs” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,610
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de régulateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regulateurs · régulateurs · French

régulateurs · rank #27,610 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,610
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réalisa

Nearest frequency peer: réalisa (-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 « régulateurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « régulateurs » 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).

régulateurs vs révélateurs
82% similar
régulateurs vs régulateur
91% similar

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

Key facts for régulateurs
PropertyValue
Headwordrégulateurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,610
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régulateurs »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réalisa » (#27,609), « Rufus » (#27,608), « révisée » (#27,612). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régulateurs » est au #27,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around régulateurs (IPA \ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,610 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de régulateur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for régulateurs, with forms such as "regulateurs", "rgéulateurs", and "rrégulateurs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "révélateurs", "régulateur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is régulateurs, spelled R-É-G-U-L-A-T-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de régulateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. avant que les animaux sauvages régulateurs s’implantent sur le terrain pour consommer les fourmis, ces dernières préfèreront puceronner sur les acacias, et sureau en priorité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regulateurs
  • rgéulateurs
  • rrégulateurs
  • réggulateurs
  • régluateurs
  • régualteurs
  • régulaeturs
  • régulaterus
  • régulateurrs
  • régulateurss
  • régulateusr
  • régulatteurs
  • régulatuers
  • régullateurs
  • régultaeurs
  • réuglateurs
  • érgulateurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

regulateurs1rgéulateurs2rrégulateurs1réggulateurs1régluateurs2régualteurs2régulaeturs2régulaterus2
Edit distance from "régulateurs"

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 "régulateurs"?
"régulateurs" is spelled R-É-G-U-L-A-T-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\.
What does "régulateurs" mean?
As an adjective, "régulateurs" means: Masculin pluriel de régulateur.
What words are commonly confused with "régulateurs"?
"régulateurs" is commonly confused with "révélateurs", "régulateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régulateurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régulateurs" is \ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régulateurs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list