réglementé vs réglementés

Which to use

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

#24,381
“réglementé” frequency rank: #34,298
“réglementés” frequency rank: 58679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	réglementé	réglementés
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier de réglementer.	Participe passé masculin pluriel de réglementer.

Same sound, different letters: réglementé vs réglementés

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

10 ch

réglementé

11 ch

réglementés

Same sound, different spelling - réglementé / réglementés

This is the hard kind. réglementé and réglementés 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 “réglementés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58679, 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\. réglementés is at rank #34,298, 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 58679, this pair ranks #107,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réglementé vs réglementés

Shared letters: eglmnrté. Private to "réglementé": -. Private to "réglementés": s.

"réglementé" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "réglementés" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglementé" and "réglementés" be used interchangeably?

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.

In ordinary French text, does "réglementé" or "réglementés" show up more?

"réglementé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,381 in our French list, against #34,298 for "réglementés". 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 "réglementé" / "réglementés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "réglementé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "réglementés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #107,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"réglementé" and "réglementés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglementées vs réglementés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #107,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.