régatevsrelaxéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: régate is a noun, relaxé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“régate” is a noun and “relaxé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,648
“régate” frequency rank
#33,435
“relaxé” frequency rank
77083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature régate relaxé
Definition Course d’embarcations, de yachts qui se disputent le prix de la vitesse. Muscles, des tendons qui ont perdu de leur tension naturelle.

Letter map: régate vs relaxé

Shared letters muted; letters that set régate and relaxé apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
régate
6 ch
relaxé

Part-of-speech tell for régate / relaxé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: régate is anoun and relaxéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

régate is recorded at frequency rank #43,648, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡat\. relaxé is at rank #33,435, tagged as anadj.

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 77083, this pair ranks #29,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of régate vs relaxé

Shared letters: aeré. Private to "régate": gt. Private to "relaxé": lx.

"régate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "relaxé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "régate" and "relaxé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "régate" is a noun and "relaxé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "régate" or "relaxé"?
"relaxé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,435 in our French list, against #43,648 for "régate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "régate" vs "relaxé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "régate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relaxé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "régate" and "relaxé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régate vs Renata". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #29,364 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