réglementation vs réglementations

Which to use

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

#5,287
“réglementation” frequency rank: #17,809
“réglementations” frequency rank: 23096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	réglementation	réglementations
Definition	Ensemble d’indications, de prescriptions, de lois, de règles, régissant une activité sociale.	Pluriel de réglementation.

Same sound, different letters: réglementation vs réglementations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. réglementation runs 14 letters (CVCCVCVCCVCVVC) against réglementations's 15 (CVCCVCVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch

réglementation

15 ch

réglementations

Homophone desk: réglementation vs réglementations

This is the hard kind. réglementation and réglementations are pronounced identically (\ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\) 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) - “réglementation” sits inside “réglementations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglementation is recorded at frequency rank #5,287, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. réglementations is at rank #17,809, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\.

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 23096, this pair ranks #354,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réglementation vs réglementations

Shared letters: aegilmnorté. Private to "réglementation": -. Private to "réglementations": s.

"réglementation" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVCVVC · "réglementations" · 15 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglementation" and "réglementations" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "réglementation" vs "réglementations" - which ranks higher?

"réglementation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,287 in our French list, against #17,809 for "réglementations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "réglementation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "réglementations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #354,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #354,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.