régléevsréglezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: réglée is a noun, réglez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réglée” is a noun and “réglez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,354
“réglée” frequency rank
#39,992
“réglez” frequency rank
54346
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglée réglez
Definition Pile de feuille de carton. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de régler.

Same sound, different letters: réglée vs réglez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. réglée (CVCCVV) and réglez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
réglée
6 ch
réglez

Homophone desk: réglée vs réglez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: réglée and réglez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.ɡle\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54346, 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\. réglez is at rank #39,992, tagged as averb, 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 54346, this pair ranks #134,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglée vs réglez

Shared letters: eglré. Private to "réglée": -. Private to "réglez": z.

"réglée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "réglez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglée" and "réglez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglée" is a noun and "réglez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réglée" or "réglez" show up more?
"réglée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,354 in our French list, against #39,992 for "réglez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réglez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglée" and "réglez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglez vs régulée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #134,660 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