régulation

\ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“régulation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,753
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réguler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regulation · régulation · French

régulation · rank #6,753 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,753
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réelles

Nearest frequency peer: réelles (-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 « régulation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « régulation » 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).

régulation vs relation
70% similar
régulation vs révélation
80% similar
régulation vs reputation
70% similar

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

Key facts for régulation
PropertyValue
Headwordrégulation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,753
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régulation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.régulationse 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 « réelles » (#6,752), « réplique » (#6,754), « rédigé » (#6,751). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régulation » est au #6,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around régulation (IPA \ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,753 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for régulation, with forms such as "regulation", "rgéulation", and "rrégulation". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "relation", "révélation", "reputation", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is régulation, spelled R-É-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de réguler.
  2. 2
    Activité d’affectation et de suivi des aéronefs exercée à la direction d’une compagnie aérienne pour l’ensemble de sa flotte, en fonction des programmes d’exploitation, en matière de contrôle de la circulation aérienne et sur chaque plate-forme aéroportuaire pour les vols qui y arrivent ou en partent.
  3. 3
    Système de pilotage qui maintient un système dans un état le plus proche possible d’une consigne.
  4. 4
    Système qui maintient une valeur en fonction d'un besoin, ou une sorte d'équilibre
  5. 5
    (Etats-Unis et Europe) (Juridique) Concept voisin de la Réglementation.
  6. 6
    (Sport) régulation financière des clubs par une fédération

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nationalisme arabe a servi de catalyseur, sinon de porte-drapeau, à un processus de régulation de l’État et de la société dans certaines parties du monde islamique.
  2. – Il n’y a pas assez de régulation. Trop de cheminots, pas assez de plombiers. Personnellement, je préférerais le kolkhoze.

Synonyms

répartitionventilation

This word in other languages

dispatching(English)Regulierung(Deutsch)regulação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regulation
  • rgéulation
  • rrégulation
  • réggulation
  • régluation
  • régualtion
  • régulaiton
  • régulatino
  • régulationn
  • régulatoin
  • régulattion
  • régullation
  • régultaion
  • réuglation
  • érgulation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

regulation1rgéulation2rrégulation1réggulation1régluation2régualtion2régulaiton2régulatino2
Edit distance from "régulation"

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 "régulation"?
"régulation" is spelled R-É-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "régulation" mean?
As a noun, "régulation" means: Action de réguler.
What words are commonly confused with "régulation"?
"régulation" is commonly confused with "relation", "révélation", "reputation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régulation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régulation" is \ʁe.ɡy.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régulation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list