Which to use
“regardées” is a verb and “regards” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,630
- “regardées” frequency rank
- #5,698
- “regards” frequency rank
- 49328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardées | regards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de regarder. | Pluriel de regard. |
Where the eye mixes regardées and regards
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against regards's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses regardées with regards
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regardées is \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ while regards is \ʁə.ɡaʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49328, 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\. regards is at rank #5,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ\.
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 49328, this pair ranks #171,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardées vs regards
Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "regardées": é. Private to "regards": -.
"regardées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "regards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regards ← ergards · reagrds · regadrs · regardds · regardss · regarrds · regarsd · reggards
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regardées" and "regards" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "regardées" or "regards"?
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 "regards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardées" and "regards" 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 #171,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.