Which to use
“regime” and “rétine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,105
- “regime” frequency rank
- #27,956
- “rétine” frequency rank
- 53061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regime | rétine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Régime. | Membrane formée par la terminaison du nerf optique dans le fond de l’œil et sur laquelle viennent se former les images des objets provoquant les sensations lumineuses. |
Where the eye mixes regime and rétine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. regime and rétine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: regime vs rétine
A purely visual mix-up. regime (\ɹeɪ.ˈʒiːm\) and rétine (\ʁe.tin\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53061, 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\. rétine is at rank #27,956, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.tin\.
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 53061, this pair ranks #143,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regime vs rétine
Shared letters: eir. Private to "regime": gm. Private to "rétine": nté.
"regime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rétine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regime ← ergime · reggime · regiem · regimme · regmie · reigme · rgeime · rregime
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regime" for "rétine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regime" or "rétine"?
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 "regime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rétine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regime" and "rétine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs rétine". 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 #143,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.