réglévsrégléesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réglé is a adjective, réglées is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réglé” is an adjective and “réglées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,808
“réglé” frequency rank
#29,963
“réglées” frequency rank
35771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglé réglées
Definition Qui est sage, régulier. Pluriel de réglée.

Same sound, different letters: réglé vs réglées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. réglé runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against réglées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
réglé
7 ch
réglées

Ear matches; page differs - réglé and réglées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: réglé and réglées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.ɡle\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “réglé” sits inside “réglées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglé is recorded at frequency rank #5,808, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ɡle\. réglées is at rank #29,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡle\.

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 35771, this pair ranks #274,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglé vs réglées

Shared letters: glré. Private to "réglé": -. Private to "réglées": es.

"réglé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "réglées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglé" and "réglées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglé" is an adjective and "réglées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réglé" or "réglées"?
"réglé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,808 in our French list, against #29,963 for "réglées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "réglé" / "réglées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réglées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #274,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglé" and "réglées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régates vs réglées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #274,352 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