Which to use
“regard” and “regards” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,207
- “regard” frequency rank
- #5,698
- “regards” frequency rank
- 6905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regard | regards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de diriger les yeux vers quelque chose afin de voir. | Pluriel de regard. |
Same sound, different letters: regard vs regards
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - regard / regards
This is the hard kind. regard and regards are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡaʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “regard” sits inside “regards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6905, 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\. regards is at rank #5,698, 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 6905, this pair ranks #424,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regard vs regards
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regard": -. Private to "regards": s.
"regard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "regards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regard" and "regards" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regard" vs "regards" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"regard" and "regards" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "regard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regard" and "regards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regards vs régates". 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 #424,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.