régléevsrégléesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,354
“réglée” frequency rank
#29,963
“réglées” frequency rank
44317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglée réglées
Definition Pile de feuille de carton. Pluriel de réglée.

Same sound, different letters: réglée vs réglées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. réglée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against réglées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
réglée
7 ch
réglées

Same sound, different spelling - réglée / réglées

This is the hard kind. réglée and réglées are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ɡle\) 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) - “réglée” sits inside “réglées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglée is recorded at frequency rank #14,354, classified as anoun, 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 44317, this pair ranks #211,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglée vs réglées

Shared letters: eglré. Private to "réglée": -. Private to "réglées": s.

"réglée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "réglées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réglée" and "réglées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.ɡle\), 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, "réglée" or "réglées"?
"réglée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,354 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglée" 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 #211,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglée" and "réglées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régates vs réglées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #211,364 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