réglementévsréglementéeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#24,381
“réglementé” frequency rank
#29,962
“réglementée” frequency rank
54343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglementé réglementée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réglementer. Participe passé féminin singulier de réglementer.

Same sound, different letters: réglementé vs réglementée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. réglementé runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against réglementée's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
réglementé
11 ch
réglementée

Ear matches; page differs - réglementé and réglementée

This is the hard kind. réglementé and réglementée are pronounced identically (\ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. 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) - “réglementé” sits inside “réglementée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglementé is recorded at frequency rank #24,381, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.te\. réglementée is at rank #29,962, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.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 54343, this pair ranks #134,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réglementé vs réglementée

Shared letters: eglmnrté. Private to "réglementé": -. Private to "réglementée": -.

"réglementé" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV  ·  "réglementée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réglementé" and "réglementée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɛ.ɡlə.mɑ̃.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "réglementé" vs "réglementée" - which ranks higher?
"réglementé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,381 in our French list, against #29,962 for "réglementée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglementé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réglementée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglementé" and "réglementée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglementée vs réglementées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #134,680 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