Which to use
“regardée” and “retarde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #26,160
- “retarde” frequency rank
- 43406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | retarde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardée and retarde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regardée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against retarde's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regardée vs retarde
A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and retarde (\ʁə.taʁd\) 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 43406, 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\. retarde is at rank #26,160, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.taʁd\.
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 43406, this pair ranks #218,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs retarde
Shared letters: ader. Private to "regardée": gé. Private to "retarde": t.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "retarde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- retarde ← ertarde · reatrde · retadre · retardde · retared · retarrde · retrade · rettarde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regardée" and "retarde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "regardée" or "retarde"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regardée" and "retarde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retarde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "retarde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs retarde". 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 #218,305 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.