Which to use
“regardée” and “regardés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #25,791
- “regardés” frequency rank
- 43037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | regardés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de regarder. |
Same sound, different letters: regardée vs regardés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardée (CVCVCCVV) and regardés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - regardée / regardés
This is the hard kind. regardée and regardés 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 differ by a single letter - e in “regardée” becomes s in “regardés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43037, 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\. regardés is at rank #25,791, 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 43037, this pair ranks #221,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs regardés
Shared letters: adegré. Private to "regardée": -. Private to "regardés": s.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "regardés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardée" for "regardés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "regardée" or "regardés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "regardés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardés vs régates". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #221,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.