régatevsrépèteTell them apart

Which to use

“régate” and “répète” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,648
“régate” frequency rank
#3,959
“répète” frequency rank
47607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature régate répète
Definition Course d’embarcations, de yachts qui se disputent le prix de la vitesse. (Apocope) Répétition.

Where the eye mixes régate and répète

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
régate
6 ch
répète

Look-alike desk: régate vs répète

A purely visual mix-up. régate (\ʁe.ɡat\) and répète (\ʁe.pɛt\) 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 47607, 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\. répète is at rank #3,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɛt\.

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 47607, this pair ranks #185,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of régate vs répète

Shared letters: erté. Private to "régate": ag. Private to "répète": .

"régate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "répète" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "régate" and "répète" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.ɡat\ versus \ʁe.pɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "régate" vs "répète" - which ranks higher?
"répète" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,959 in our French list, against #43,648 for "régate". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "régate" and "répète" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "régate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "répète" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "régate" and "répète" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régate vs Renata". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #185,608 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