Which to use
“reculée” is a noun and “régulée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,008
- “reculée” frequency rank
- #44,162
- “régulée” frequency rank
- 83170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculée | régulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace qui permet de se reculer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de réguler. |
Where the eye mixes reculée and régulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reculée and régulée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reculée with régulée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reculée is \ʁə.ky.le\ while régulée is \ʁe.ɡy.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculée is recorded at frequency rank #39,008, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ky.le\. 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 83170, this pair ranks #15,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculée vs régulée
Shared letters: elrué. Private to "reculée": c. Private to "régulée": g.
"reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "régulée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculée" and "régulée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reculée" or "régulée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "reculée" and "régulée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculée" 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 #15,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculée" and "régulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.