Which to use
“regime” and “régimes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,105
- “regime” frequency rank
- #5,920
- “régimes” frequency rank
- 31025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regime | régimes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Régime. | Pluriel de régime. |
Where the eye mixes regime and régimes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regime runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against régimes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regime vs régimes
A purely visual mix-up. regime (\ɹeɪ.ˈʒiːm\) and régimes (\ʁe.ʒim\) 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 31025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regime is recorded at frequency rank #25,105, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɹeɪ.ˈʒiːm\. régimes is at rank #5,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ʒim\.
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 31025, this pair ranks #306,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regime vs régimes
Shared letters: egimr. Private to "regime": -. Private to "régimes": sé.
"regime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "régimes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regime ← ergime · reggime · regiem · regimme · regmie · reigme · rgeime · rregime
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regime" and "régimes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "regime" or "régimes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "regime" and "régimes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régimes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regime" and "régimes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs regime". 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 #306,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.