Which to use
“regardée” and “regarder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #776
- “regarder” frequency rank
- 18022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | regarder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: regardée vs regarder
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardée (CVCVCCVV) and regarder (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - regardée and regarder
This is the hard kind. regardée and regarder 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18022, 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\. regarder is at rank #776, 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 18022, this pair ranks #380,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs regarder
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardée": é. Private to "regarder": -.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "regarder" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regarder ← ergarder · reagrder · regadrer · regardder · regarderr · regardre · regaredr · regarrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardée" and "regarder" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "regardée" or "regarder" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "regardée" / "regarder". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regarder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,358 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "regarder" 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 #380,358 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.