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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.
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
- regarder ← ergarder · reagrder · regadrer · regardder · regarderr · regardre · regaredr · regarrder
- regarderai ← ergarderai · reagrderai · regadrerai · regardderai · regardeari · regarderia · regarderrai · regardreai
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regarder" and "regarderai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "regarder" vs "regarderai" - which ranks higher?
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.