Which to use
“regardé” and “regardées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,692
- “regardé” frequency rank
- #43,630
- “regardées” frequency rank
- 46322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardé | regardées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de regarder. |
Same sound, different letters: regardé vs regardées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regardées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - regardé / regardées
This is the hard kind. regardé and regardées are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “regardé” sits inside “regardées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardé is recorded at frequency rank #2,692, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regardées is at rank #43,630, 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 46322, this pair ranks #195,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardé vs regardées
Shared letters: adegré. Private to "regardé": -. Private to "regardées": s.
"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regardées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardé" and "regardées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "regardé" or "regardées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardé" and "regardées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs retardés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #195,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.