regardéevsréparéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,246
“regardée” frequency rank
#31,240
“réparée” frequency rank
48486
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardée réparée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. Participe passé féminin singulier de réparer.

Where the eye mixes regardée and réparée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regardée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against réparée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
regardée
7 ch
réparée

Why the eye confuses regardée with réparée

A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and réparée (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\) 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 48486, 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\. réparée is at rank #31,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pa.ʁe\.

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 48486, this pair ranks #178,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regardée vs réparée

Shared letters: aeré. Private to "regardée": dg. Private to "réparée": p.

"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "réparée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regardée" and "réparée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁe.pa.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regardée" vs "réparée" - which ranks higher?
"regardée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,246 in our French list, against #31,240 for "réparée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réparée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardée" and "réparée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparée vs réparent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #178,518 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