regardéesvsregardonsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,630
“regardées” frequency rank
#17,245
“regardons” frequency rank
60875
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardées regardons
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de regarder. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.

Where the eye mixes regardées and regardons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardées (CVCVCCVVC) and regardons (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
regardées
9 ch
regardons

Visual trap between regardées and regardons

A purely visual mix-up. regardées (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regardons (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60875, 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\. regardons is at rank #17,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃\.

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 60875, this pair ranks #95,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regardées vs regardons

Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "regardées": é. Private to "regardons": no.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regardonsergardons · reagrdons · regadrons · regarddons · regardnos · regardonns · regardonss · regardosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regardées" for "regardons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regardées" vs "regardons" - which ranks higher?
"regardons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,245 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.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regardées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regardons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardées" and "regardons" 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 #95,323 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