Which to use
“regional” and “régionales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,680
- “regional” frequency rank
- #4,985
- “régionales” frequency rank
- 40665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regional | régionales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Régional. | Féminin pluriel de régional. |
Where the eye mixes regional and régionales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regional runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against régionales's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between regional and régionales
A purely visual mix-up. regional (\ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl\) and régionales (\ʁe.ʒjɔ.nal\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regional is recorded at frequency rank #35,680, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl\. régionales is at rank #4,985, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ʒjɔ.nal\.
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 40665, this pair ranks #238,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regional vs régionales
Shared letters: aegilnor. Private to "regional": -. Private to "régionales": sé.
"regional" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "régionales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regional ← ergional · reggional · reginoal · regioanl · regionall · regionla · regionnal · regoinal
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regional" for "régionales" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regional" vs "régionales" - which ranks higher?
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 "regional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régionales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regional" and "régionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reginald vs regional". 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 #238,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.