Which to use
“refuge” and “régule” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,392
- “refuge” frequency rank
- #34,734
- “régule” frequency rank
- 40126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refuge | régule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Asile ; retraite ; lieu où l’on cherche un abri. | Nom donné à différents alliages d’antimoine, d’étain ou de plomb. |
Where the eye mixes refuge and régule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. refuge and régule follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: refuge vs régule
A purely visual mix-up. refuge (\ʁə.fyʒ\) and régule (\ʁe.ɡyl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refuge is recorded at frequency rank #5,392, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fyʒ\. régule is at rank #34,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡyl\.
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 40126, this pair ranks #242,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refuge vs régule
Shared letters: egru. Private to "refuge": f. Private to "régule": lé.
"refuge" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "régule" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refuge ← erfuge · reffuge · refgue · refueg · refugge · reufge · rfeuge · rrefuge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refuge" and "régule" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "refuge" or "régule" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "refuge" and "régule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "refuge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refuge" and "régule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régule vs remué". 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 #242,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.