régule

\ʁe.ɡyl\

/\ʁe.ɡyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“régule” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,734
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à différents alliages d’antimoine, d’étain ou de plomb.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regule · régule · French

régule · rank #34,734 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,734
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réfléchisse

Nearest frequency peer: réfléchisse (-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 « régule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « régule » 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).

régule vs rule
67% similar
régule vs revue
50% similar
régule vs roulé
50% similar

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

Key facts for régule
PropertyValue
Headwordrégule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ɡyl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,734
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).régulese 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 « réfléchisse » (#34,733), « rémunérée » (#34,735), « récipients » (#34,732). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régule » est au #34,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around régule (IPA \ʁe.ɡyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,734 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for régule, with forms such as "regule", "rgéule", and "rrégule". 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, "rule", "revue", "roulé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 régule, spelled R-É-G-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à différents alliages d’antimoine, d’étain ou de plomb.
  2. 2
    Dans le milieu de la brocante et des antiquités, appellation impropre mais usuelle d’un alliage de zinc de couleur grise, dit aussi zinc d’art ou bronze-imitation car sa patine imite souvent le bronze.
  3. 3
    Alliage ou revêtement antifriction servant à garnir les pièces de mécanique soumises au frottement (coussinets de paliers et de bielles).
  4. 4
    Petit roi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Facile à mettre en œuvre et économique, le régule a été très employé à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et au début du XXᵉ.
  2. Au fur et à mesure du dépeçage, ils avaient découvert que le joint de culasse était fendu, les soupapes et les filtres encrassés, la chaîne de distribution détendue, la pompe à huile striée de profondes rayures probablement causées par des morceaux de régule arrachés des coussinets.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • regule
  • rgéule
  • rrégule
  • réggule
  • réglue
  • réguel
  • régulle
  • réugle
  • érgule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

regule1rgéule2rrégule1réggule1réglue2réguel2régulle1réugle2
Edit distance from "régule"

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 "régule"?
"régule" is spelled R-É-G-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɡyl\.
What does "régule" mean?
As a noun, "régule" means: Nom donné à différents alliages d’antimoine, d’étain ou de plomb.
What words are commonly confused with "régule"?
"régule" is commonly confused with "rule", "revue", "roulé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "régule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régule" is \ʁe.ɡyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régule" come from?
"régule" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rompus#34,729salmon#34,742Savary#34,745sensei#34,747

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

ragots9 variantssquash9 variantsProulx9 variantstrombe9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list