Which to use
“regardés” and “retarde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,791
- “regardés” frequency rank
- #26,160
- “retarde” frequency rank
- 51951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regardés | retarde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de regarder. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder. |
Where the eye mixes regardés and retarde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regardés runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against retarde's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between regardés and retarde
A purely visual mix-up. regardés (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and retarde (\ʁə.taʁd\) 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 51951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regardés is recorded at frequency rank #25,791, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. retarde is at rank #26,160, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.taʁd\.
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 51951, this pair ranks #151,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regardés vs retarde
Shared letters: ader. Private to "regardés": gsé. Private to "retarde": t.
"regardés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "retarde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- retarde ← ertarde · reatrde · retadre · retardde · retared · retarrde · retrade · rettarde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regardés" for "retarde" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regardés" or "retarde"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regardés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retarde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,231 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regardés" and "retarde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs retarde". 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 #151,231 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.