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

#776
“regarder” frequency rank
#23,004
“regarderai” frequency rank
23780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regarder regarderai
Definition Porter ses regards sur quelque chose ou quelqu’un. Première personne du singulier du futur de regarder.

Where the eye mixes regarder and regarderai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regarder runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against regarderai's 10 (CVCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
regarder
10 ch
regarderai

Visual trap between regarder and regarderai

A purely visual mix-up. regarder (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and regarderai (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “regarder” sits inside “regarderai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regarder is recorded at frequency rank #776, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regarderai is at rank #23,004, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe\.

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 23780, this pair ranks #350,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regarder vs regarderai

Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regarder": -. Private to "regarderai": i.

"regarder" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "regarderai" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regarderergarder · reagrder · regadrer · regardder · regarderr · regardre · regaredr · regarrder
  • regarderaiergarderai · reagrderai · regadrerai · regardderai · regardeari · regarderia · regarderrai · regardreai

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regarder" and "regarderai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\ versus \ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regarder" vs "regarderai" - which ranks higher?
"regarder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #776 in our French list, against #23,004 for "regarderai". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "regarder" and "regarderai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regarder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regarderai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #350,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regarder" and "regarderai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regarderai vs regarderais". 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 #350,492 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