Which to use
“regagné” and “regagner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,031
- “regagné” frequency rank
- #13,462
- “regagner” frequency rank
- 50493
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regagné | regagner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de regagner. | Gagner ce qu’on avait perdu. |
Same sound, different letters: regagné vs regagner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. regagné runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regagner's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - regagné / regagner
This is the hard kind. regagné and regagner are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡa.ɲe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regagné is recorded at frequency rank #37,031, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡa.ɲe\. regagner is at rank #13,462, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡa.ɲe\.
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 50493, this pair ranks #162,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regagné vs regagner
Shared letters: aegnr. Private to "regagné": é. Private to "regagner": -.
"regagné" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regagner" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regagner ← ergagner · reaggner · regagenr · regaggner · regagnerr · regagnner · regagnre · reganger
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regagné" and "regagner" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regagné" vs "regagner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "regagné" / "regagner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "regagné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regagner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regagné" and "regagner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regagné vs régate". 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 #162,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.