réglantvsrégnantWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: réglant is a verb, régnant is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réglant” is a verb and “régnant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,595
“réglant” frequency rank
#29,527
“régnant” frequency rank
72122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglant régnant
Definition Participe présent de régler. Qui règne.

Letter map: réglant vs régnant

Shared letters muted; letters that set réglant and régnant apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. réglant and régnant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
réglant
7 ch
régnant

Role in the sentence - réglant and régnant

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réglant is averb and régnantanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “réglant” becomes n in “régnant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglant is recorded at frequency rank #42,595, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡlɑ̃\. régnant is at rank #29,527, tagged as anadj.

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 72122, this pair ranks #45,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réglant vs régnant

Shared letters: agnrté. Private to "réglant": l. Private to "régnant": -.

"réglant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "régnant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réglant" and "régnant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglant" is a verb and "régnant" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réglant" vs "régnant" - which ranks higher?
"régnant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,527 in our French list, against #42,595 for "réglant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "réglant" and "régnant".

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "régnant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglant" and "régnant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rageant vs réglant". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #45,116 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