Which to use
“regardé” and “regorge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,692
- “regardé” frequency rank
- #24,357
- “regorge” frequency rank
- 27049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardé | regorge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regorger. |
Where the eye mixes regardé and regorge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. regardé and regorge follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses regardé with regorge
A purely visual mix-up. regardé (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regorge (\ʁə.ɡɔʁʒ\) 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 27049, 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\. regorge is at rank #24,357, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡɔʁʒ\.
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 27049, this pair ranks #331,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardé vs regorge
Shared letters: egr. Private to "regardé": adé. Private to "regorge": o.
"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "regorge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regorge ← ergorge · reggorge · regogre · regoreg · regorgge · regorrge · regroge · reogrge
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardé" and "regorge" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "regardé" or "regorge" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regorge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardé" and "regorge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regorge vs regorgent". 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 #331,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.