réagiravsreginaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: réagira is a verb, regina is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réagira” is a verb and “regina” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,775
“réagira” frequency rank
#14,348
“regina” frequency rank
63123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réagira regina
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de réagir. Type de pizza. Variante orthographique de Regina. → voir reine

Where the eye mixes réagira and regina

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réagira runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against regina's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
réagira
6 ch
regina

Visual trap between réagira and regina

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réagira is \ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa\ while regina is \ʁe.ʒi.na\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réagira is recorded at frequency rank #48,775, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa\. regina is at rank #14,348, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ʒi.na\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 63123, this pair ranks #83,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réagira vs regina

Shared letters: agir. Private to "réagira": é. Private to "regina": en.

"réagira" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "regina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regina ← ergina · reggina · regian · reginna · regnia · reigna · rgeina · rregina

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réagira" for "regina" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réagira" is a verb and "regina" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réagira" or "regina"?
"regina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,348 in our French list, against #48,775 for "réagira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réagira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réagira" and "regina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réagira vs réduira". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #83,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list