regardentvsregardezWhich spelling fits?

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

#6,019
“regardent” frequency rank
#1,402
“regardez” frequency rank
7421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardent regardez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder.

Where the eye mixes regardent and regardez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against regardez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
regardent
8 ch
regardez

Look-alike desk: regardent vs regardez

A purely visual mix-up. regardent (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\) and regardez (\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 7421, 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\. regardez is at rank #1,402, 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 7421, this pair ranks #423,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regardent vs regardez

Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regardent": nt. Private to "regardez": z.

"regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "regardez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regardent ← ergardent · reagrdent · regadrent · regarddent · regardennt · regardentt · regardetn · regardnet
  • regardez ← ergardez · reagrdez · regadrez · regarddez · regardezz · regardze · regaredz · regarrdez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regardent" for "regardez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\ versus \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regardent" or "regardez"?
"regardez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,402 in our French list, against #6,019 for "regardent". 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 "regardent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regardez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #423,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardent" and "regardez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardent vs regarderont". 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 #423,224 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