Which to use
“régionale” and “régionales” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,714
- “régionale” frequency rank
- #4,985
- “régionales” frequency rank
- 8699
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régionale | régionales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de régional. | Féminin pluriel de régional. |
Same sound, different letters: régionale vs régionales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. régionale runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against régionales's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - régionale and régionales
This is the hard kind. régionale and régionales are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ʒjɔ.nal\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “régionale” sits inside “régionales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régionale is recorded at frequency rank #3,714, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ʒjɔ.nal\. 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 8699, this pair ranks #419,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of régionale vs régionales
Shared letters: aegilnoré. Private to "régionale": -. Private to "régionales": s.
"régionale" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "régionales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "régionale" and "régionales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "régionale" or "régionales"?
What to do next
"régionale" and "régionales" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "régionale" 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 #419,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régionale" and "régionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reginald vs régionale". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #419,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.