Which to use
“regardent” and “regardons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,019
- “regardent” frequency rank
- #17,245
- “regardons” frequency rank
- 23264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardent | regardons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardent and regardons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regardent and regardons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: regardent vs regardons
A purely visual mix-up. regardent (\ʁə.ɡaʁd\) 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 23264, 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\. 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 23264, this pair ranks #353,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regardent vs regardons
Shared letters: adegnr. Private to "regardent": t. Private to "regardons": os.
"regardent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "regardons" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardent" for "regardons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regardent" vs "regardons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regardent" and "regardons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardent" 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 #353,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardent" and "regardons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardées vs regardons". 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 #353,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.