Which to use
“regards” and “renards” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,698
- “regards” frequency rank
- #26,849
- “renards” frequency rank
- 32547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regards | renards |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de regard. | Pluriel de renard. |
Where the eye mixes regards and renards
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between regards and renards
A purely visual mix-up. regards (\ʁə.ɡaʁ\) and renards (\ʁə.naʁ\) 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 a single letter - g in “regards” becomes n in “renards”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32547, 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\. renards is at rank #26,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.naʁ\.
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 32547, this pair ranks #296,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regards vs renards
Shared letters: aders. Private to "regards": g. Private to "renards": n.
"regards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "renards" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regards" and "renards" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "regards" or "renards" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regards" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renards" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regards" and "renards" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénales vs renards". 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 #296,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.