Which to use
“regardais” and “regardés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,221
- “regardais” frequency rank
- #25,791
- “regardés” frequency rank
- 36012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardais | regardés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardais and regardés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardais runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against regardés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regardais vs regardés
A purely visual mix-up. regardais (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\) and regardés (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardais is recorded at frequency rank #10,221, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\. regardés is at rank #25,791, 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 36012, this pair ranks #272,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardais vs regardés
Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "regardais": i. Private to "regardés": é.
"regardais" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "regardés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardais ← ergardais · reagrdais · regadrais · regaradis · regardaiss · regardasi · regarddais · regardias
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regardais" and "regardés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "regardais" vs "regardés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "regardais" and "regardés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardais" and "regardés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardés 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 #272,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.