regardéevsregarderaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,246
“regardée” frequency rank
#27,936
“regardera” frequency rank
45182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardée regardera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de regarder.

Where the eye mixes regardée and regardera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against regardera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
regardée
9 ch
regardera

Visual trap between regardée and regardera

A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45182, 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\. 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 45182, this pair ranks #204,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regardée vs regardera

Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardée": é. Private to "regardera": -.

"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "regardera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regarderaergardera · reagrdera · regadrera · regarddera · regardear · regarderra · regardrea · regaredra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regardée" and "regardera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regardée" vs "regardera" - which ranks higher?
"regardée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,246 in our French list, against #27,936 for "regardera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "regardée" 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 #204,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardée" 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 #204,739 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