Which to use
“reculées” is a noun and “régulée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,515
- “reculées” frequency rank
- #44,162
- “régulée” frequency rank
- 81677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculées | régulée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de reculée. | Participe passé féminin singulier de réguler. |
Where the eye mixes reculées and régulée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reculées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against régulée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: reculées vs régulée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reculées is \ʁə.ky.le\ while régulée is \ʁe.ɡy.le\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculées is recorded at frequency rank #37,515, 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 81677, this pair ranks #18,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculées vs régulée
Shared letters: elrué. Private to "reculées": cs. Private to "régulée": g.
"reculées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "régulée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculées" and "régulée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reculées" or "régulée"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculées" 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 #18,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculées" and "régulée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #18,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.