regardévsremariéWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“regardé” and “remarié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,692
“regardé” frequency rank
#40,961
“remarié” frequency rank
43653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardé remarié
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. Participe passé masculin singulier de remarier.

Where the eye mixes regardé and remarié

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regardé (CVCVCCV) and remarié (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
regardé
7 ch
remarié

Visual trap between regardé and remarié

A purely visual mix-up. regardé (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and remarié (\ʁə.ma.ʁje\) 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 43653, 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\. remarié is at rank #40,961, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ma.ʁje\.

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 43653, this pair ranks #216,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regardé vs remarié

Shared letters: aeré. Private to "regardé": dg. Private to "remarié": im.

"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "remarié" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regardé" for "remarié" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ma.ʁje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regardé" or "remarié"?
"regardé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,692 in our French list, against #40,961 for "remarié". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remarié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardé" and "remarié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remanier vs remarié". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #216,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list