Which to use
“regina” and “rétine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,348
- “regina” frequency rank
- #27,956
- “rétine” frequency rank
- 42304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regina | rétine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Type de pizza. Variante orthographique de Regina. → voir reine | 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 regina and rétine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. regina and rétine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses regina with rétine
A purely visual mix-up. regina (\ʁe.ʒi.na\) 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 42304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regina is recorded at frequency rank #14,348, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ʒi.na\. 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 42304, this pair ranks #226,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regina vs rétine
Shared letters: einr. Private to "regina": ag. Private to "rétine": té.
"regina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rétine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regina ← ergina · reggina · regian · reginna · regnia · reigna · rgeina · rregina
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regina" for "rétine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regina" or "rétine"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regina" 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 #226,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regina" 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 #226,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.