Which to use
“regard” is a noun and “regardée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,207
- “regard” frequency rank
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- 18453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regard | regardée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de diriger les yeux vers quelque chose afin de voir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regard and regardée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regard runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against regardée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses regard with regardée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regard is \ʁə.ɡaʁ\ while regardée is \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “regard” sits inside “regardée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regard is recorded at frequency rank #1,207, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ\. regardée is at rank #17,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\.
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 18453, this pair ranks #378,236 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regard vs regardée
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regard": -. Private to "regardée": é.
"regard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regard ← ergard · reagrd · regadr · regardd · regarrd · reggard · regrad · rgeard
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regard" and "regardée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "regard" vs "regardée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "regard" and "regardée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,236 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regard" and "regardée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardée vs remariée". 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 #378,236 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.