regagnévsReggieWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: regagné is a verb, Reggie is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“regagné” is a verb and “Reggie” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,031
“regagné” frequency rank
#36,127
“Reggie” frequency rank
73158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regagné Reggie
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de regagner. Prénom masculin, diminutif de Reginald.

Letter map: regagné vs Reggie

Shared letters muted; letters that set regagné and Reggie apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. regagné runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against Reggie's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
regagné
6 ch
Reggie

Grammar separator: regagné vs Reggie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regagné is averb and Reggieaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73158, 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\. Reggie is at rank #36,127, tagged as aname.

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 73158, this pair ranks #41,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regagné vs Reggie

Shared letters: egr. Private to "regagné": ané. Private to "Reggie": i.

"regagné" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "Reggie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reggie ← erggie · reggei · regie · regige · rgegie · rreggie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regagné" for "Reggie" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regagné" is a verb and "Reggie" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regagné" vs "Reggie" - which ranks higher?
"Reggie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,127 in our French list, against #37,031 for "regagné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "regagné" and "Reggie".

  • Full dictionary entry for "regagné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reggie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regagné" and "Reggie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reggie vs Reggio". 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 #41,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list