Which to use
“regard” and “régate” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,207
- “regard” frequency rank
- #43,648
- “régate” frequency rank
- 44855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regard | régate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de diriger les yeux vers quelque chose afin de voir. | Course d’embarcations, de yachts qui se disputent le prix de la vitesse. |
Where the eye mixes regard and régate
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: regard vs régate
A purely visual mix-up. regard (\ʁə.ɡaʁ\) and régate (\ʁe.ɡat\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44855, 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\. régate is at rank #43,648, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡat\.
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 44855, this pair ranks #207,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regard vs régate
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "regard": d. Private to "régate": té.
"regard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "régate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regard ← ergard · reagrd · regadr · regardd · regarrd · reggard · regrad · rgeard
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regard" for "régate" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regard" or "régate"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regard" and "régate" 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 "régate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regard" and "régate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régate vs Renata". 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 #207,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.