Which to use
“regardais” and “regardons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,221
- “regardais” frequency rank
- #17,245
- “regardons” frequency rank
- 27466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardais | regardons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de regarder. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardais and regardons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses regardais with regardons
A purely visual mix-up. regardais (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ\) and regardons (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27466, 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\. regardons is at rank #17,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃\.
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 27466, this pair ranks #328,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardais vs regardons
Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "regardais": i. Private to "regardons": no.
"regardais" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "regardons" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regardais" and "regardons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "regardais" or "regardons" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #328,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardais" and "regardons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs regardons". 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 #328,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.