Which to use
“regardée” and “retarder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,246
- “regardée” frequency rank
- #12,466
- “retarder” frequency rank
- 29712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardée | retarder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder. | Différer ; temporiser. |
Where the eye mixes regardée and retarder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regardée (CVCVCCVV) and retarder (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between regardée and retarder
A purely visual mix-up. regardée (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and retarder (\ʁə.taʁ.de\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29712, 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\. retarder is at rank #12,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.taʁ.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 29712, this pair ranks #314,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardée vs retarder
Shared letters: ader. Private to "regardée": gé. Private to "retarder": t.
"regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "retarder" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retarder ← ertarder · reatrder · retadrer · retardder · retarderr · retardre · retaredr · retarrder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardée" and "retarder" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regardée" vs "retarder" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retarder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardée" and "retarder" 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 #314,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.