réglagevsréglagesWhich spelling fits?

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“réglage” and “réglages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,582
“réglage” frequency rank
#19,148
“réglages” frequency rank
37730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglage réglages
Definition Action de régler (par exemple une montre, un moteur, un tir d’artillerie…), ou résultat de cette action. Pluriel de réglage.

Same sound, different letters: réglage vs réglages

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. réglage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against réglages's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
réglage
8 ch
réglages

Ear matches; page differs - réglage and réglages

This is the hard kind. réglage and réglages are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ɡlaʒ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “réglage” sits inside “réglages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglage is recorded at frequency rank #18,582, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡlaʒ\. réglages is at rank #19,148, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡlaʒ\.

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 37730, this pair ranks #260,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglage vs réglages

Shared letters: aeglré. Private to "réglage": -. Private to "réglages": s.

"réglage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "réglages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réglage" for "réglages" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.ɡlaʒ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "réglage" or "réglages"?
"réglage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,582 in our French list, against #19,148 for "réglages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"réglage" and "réglages" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réglages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglage" and "réglages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglages vs relatés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #260,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list