Which to use
“regardée” and “regardez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #1,402
- “regardez” frequency rank
- 18648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | regardez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. |
Same sound, different letters: regardée vs regardez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardée (CVCVCCVV) and regardez (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 regardez
This is the hard kind. regardée and regardez 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 18648, 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\. regardez is at rank #1,402, 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 18648, this pair ranks #377,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs regardez
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardée": é. Private to "regardez": z.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "regardez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardez ← ergardez · reagrdez · regadrez · regarddez · regardezz · regardze · regaredz · regarrdez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"regardée" and "regardez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "regardez" 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 #377,222 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.