réglévsrogueConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,808
“réglé” frequency rank
#20,845
“rogue” frequency rank
26653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglé rogue
Definition Qui est sage, régulier. Qui est hautain, arrogant, d’un abord raide et désagréable.

Where the eye mixes réglé and rogue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
réglé
5 ch
rogue

Why the eye confuses réglé with rogue

A purely visual mix-up. réglé (\ʁe.ɡle\) and rogue (\ʁɔɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26653, 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\. rogue is at rank #20,845, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɔɡ\.

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 26653, this pair ranks #333,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réglé vs rogue

Shared letters: gr. Private to "réglé": . Private to "rogue": eou.

"réglé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rogue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roguergoue · rogeu · roggue · rrogue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réglé" and "rogue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.ɡle\ versus \ʁɔɡ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réglé" or "rogue"?
"réglé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,808 in our French list, against #20,845 for "rogue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #333,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglé" and "rogue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rog vs rogue". 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 #333,648 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