Which to use
“reculé” is an adjective and “régulée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,720
- “reculé” frequency rank
- #44,162
- “régulée” frequency rank
- 60882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculé | régulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est éloigné, lointain. | Participe passé féminin singulier de réguler. |
Letter map: reculé vs régulée
Shared letters muted; letters that set reculé and régulée apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reculé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against régulée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for reculé / régulée
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reculé is anadjective and réguléeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculé is recorded at frequency rank #16,720, classified as anadj. régulée is at rank #44,162, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.le\.
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 60882, this pair ranks #95,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculé vs régulée
Shared letters: elrué. Private to "reculé": c. Private to "régulée": g.
"reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "régulée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculé" and "régulée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "reculé" or "régulée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "reculé" vs "régulée" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régulée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,283 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculé" and "régulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,283 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.