régléevsrégulerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,354
“réglée” frequency rank
#17,554
“réguler” frequency rank
31908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglée réguler
Definition Pile de feuille de carton. Ajuster de manière définitive ou permanente.

Where the eye mixes réglée and réguler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
réglée
7 ch
réguler

Look-alike desk: réglée vs réguler

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réglée is \ʁe.ɡle\ while réguler is \ʁe.ɡy.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31908, 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\. réguler is at rank #17,554, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.le\.

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 31908, this pair ranks #300,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglée vs réguler

Shared letters: eglré. Private to "réglée": -. Private to "réguler": u.

"réglée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "réguler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réglée" for "réguler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglée" is a noun and "réguler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réglée" or "réguler" show up more?
"réglée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,354 in our French list, against #17,554 for "réguler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "réglée" and "réguler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réguler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglée" and "réguler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulée vs réguler". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #300,797 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