Which to use
“regain” is a noun and “rêvais” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,575
- “regain” frequency rank
- #22,084
- “rêvais” frequency rank
- 40659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regain | rêvais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herbe qui repousse dans les prés après qu’ils ont été fauchés. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver. |
Where the eye mixes regain and rêvais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: regain vs rêvais
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regain is \ʁə.ɡɛ̃\ while rêvais is \ʁɛ.vɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40659, 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\. rêvais is at rank #22,084, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɛ\.
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 40659, this pair ranks #238,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regain vs rêvais
Shared letters: air. Private to "regain": egn. Private to "rêvais": svê.
"regain" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rêvais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regain ← ergain · reagin · regainn · regani · reggain · rgeain · rregain
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regain" for "rêvais" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regain" or "rêvais"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regain" and "rêvais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regain" and "rêvais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs rêvais". 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 #238,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.