Which to use
“regain” and “regard” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,575
- “regain” frequency rank
- #1,207
- “regard” frequency rank
- 19782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regain | regard |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herbe qui repousse dans les prés après qu’ils ont été fauchés. | Manière de diriger les yeux vers quelque chose afin de voir. |
Where the eye mixes regain and regard
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: regain vs regard
A purely visual mix-up. regain (\ʁə.ɡɛ̃\) and regard (\ʁə.ɡaʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regain is recorded at frequency rank #18,575, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡɛ̃\. regard is at rank #1,207, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ\.
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 19782, this pair ranks #371,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regain vs regard
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "regain": in. Private to "regard": d.
"regain" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "regard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regain" and "regard" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regain" vs "regard" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regain" and "regard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regain 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 #371,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.