regardéevsremariéeWhich spelling fits?

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

#17,246
“regardée” frequency rank
#46,990
“remariée” frequency rank
64236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardée remariée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. Participe passé féminin singulier de remarier.

Where the eye mixes regardée and remariée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regardée (CVCVCCVV) and remariée (CVCVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
regardée
8 ch
remariée

Why the eye confuses regardée with remariée

A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and remariée (\ʁə.ma.ʁje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64236, 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\. remariée is at rank #46,990, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ma.ʁje\.

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 64236, this pair ranks #78,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regardée vs remariée

Shared letters: aeré. Private to "regardée": dg. Private to "remariée": im.

"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "remariée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regardée" for "remariée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ma.ʁje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regardée" or "remariée"?
"regardée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,246 in our French list, against #46,990 for "remariée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remariée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardée" and "remariée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remanier vs remariée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #78,022 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