Which to use
“regards” and “remords” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,698
- “regards” frequency rank
- #13,676
- “remords” frequency rank
- 19374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regards | remords |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de regard. | Reproche, tourment, regret sincère provoqué par la conscience d’avoir mal agi. |
Where the eye mixes regards and remords
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between regards and remords
A purely visual mix-up. regards (\ʁə.ɡaʁ\) and remords (\ʁə.mɔʁ\) 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 19374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regards is recorded at frequency rank #5,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ\. remords is at rank #13,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ\.
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 19374, this pair ranks #373,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regards vs remords
Shared letters: ders. Private to "regards": ag. Private to "remords": mo.
"regards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "remords" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regards" and "remords" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "regards" or "remords"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regards" and "remords" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regards" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remords" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regards" and "remords" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remord vs remords". 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 #373,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.