Which to use
“regardent” and “regardés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,019
- “regardent” frequency rank
- #25,791
- “regardés” frequency rank
- 31810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardent | regardés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardent and regardés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regardent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against regardés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between regardent and regardés
A purely visual mix-up. regardent (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\) and regardés (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardent is recorded at frequency rank #6,019, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁd\. regardés is at rank #25,791, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.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 31810, this pair ranks #301,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardent vs regardés
Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardent": nt. Private to "regardés": sé.
"regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "regardés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regardent ← ergardent · reagrdent · regadrent · regarddent · regardennt · regardentt · regardetn · regardnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardent" for "regardés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regardent" vs "regardés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regardés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardent" and "regardés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardés vs régates". 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 #301,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.