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“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.

9 ch
regardées
9 ch
regardent

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": . Private to "regardent": nt.

"regardées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regardentergardent · reagrdent · regadrent · regarddent · regardennt · regardentt · regardetn · regardnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regardées" and "regardent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ɡaʁd\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regardées" or "regardent"?
"regardent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,019 in our French list, against #43,630 for "regardées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list