Which to use
“regardé” and “regardera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,692
- “regardé” frequency rank
- #27,936
- “regardera” frequency rank
- 30628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardé | regardera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardé and regardera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regardé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regardera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regardé vs regardera
A purely visual mix-up. regardé (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regardera (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30628, 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\. regardera is at rank #27,936, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\.
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 30628, this pair ranks #309,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardé vs regardera
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardé": é. Private to "regardera": -.
"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regardera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardera ← ergardera · reagrdera · regadrera · regarddera · regardear · regarderra · regardrea · regaredra
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardé" and "regardera" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "regardé" or "regardera" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regardé" and "regardera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardé" and "regardera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs regardera". 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 #309,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.