Which to use
“regardées” and “regardent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,630
- “regardées” frequency rank
- #6,019
- “regardent” frequency rank
- 49649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardées | regardent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de regarder. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardées and regardent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardées (CVCVCCVVC) and regardent (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between regardées and regardent
A purely visual mix-up. regardées (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regardent (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\) 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 49649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardées is recorded at frequency rank #43,630, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regardent is at rank #6,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁd\.
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 49649, this pair ranks #168,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardées vs regardent
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardées": sé. Private to "regardent": nt.
"regardées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardent ← ergardent · reagrdent · regadrent · regarddent · regardennt · regardentt · regardetn · regardnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regardées" and "regardent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "regardées" or "regardent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "regardées" and "regardent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardées" and "regardent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs retardés". 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 #168,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.