régléesvsrestéesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,963
“réglées” frequency rank
#14,550
“restées” frequency rank
44513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglées restées
Definition Pluriel de réglée. Féminin pluriel de resté.

Where the eye mixes réglées and restées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réglées and restées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
réglées
7 ch
restées

Visual trap between réglées and restées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réglées is \ʁe.ɡle\ while restées is \ʁɛs.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglées is recorded at frequency rank #29,963, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡle\. restées is at rank #14,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.te\.

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 44513, this pair ranks #209,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglées vs restées

Shared letters: ersé. Private to "réglées": gl. Private to "restées": t.

"réglées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "restées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réglées" for "restées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglées" is a noun and "restées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réglées" or "restées"?
"restées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,550 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "restées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #209,924 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglées" and "restées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régates vs réglées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #209,924 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