Which to use
“regardée” and “regardent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #6,019
- “regardent” frequency rank
- 23265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | regardent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardée and regardent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against regardent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses regardée with regardent
A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regardent (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardée is recorded at frequency rank #17,246, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regardent is at rank #6,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁd\.
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 23265, this pair ranks #353,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs regardent
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardée": é. Private to "regardent": nt.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardent ← ergardent · reagrdent · regadrent · regarddent · regardennt · regardentt · regardetn · regardnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardée" for "regardent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regardée" or "regardent"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "regardent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardée vs remariée". 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 #353,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.