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Which to use

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

#29,962
“réglementée” frequency rank
#34,298
“réglementés” frequency rank
64260
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglementée réglementés
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réglementer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de réglementer.

Same sound, different letters: réglementée vs réglementés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. réglementée (CVCCVCVCCVV) and réglementés (CVCCVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
réglementée
11 ch
réglementés

Homophone desk: réglementée vs réglementés

This is the hard kind. réglementée 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 a single letter - e in “réglementée” becomes s in “réglementés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglementée is recorded at frequency rank #29,962, 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 64260, this pair ranks #77,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réglementée vs réglementés

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

"réglementée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVV  ·  "réglementés" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglementée" 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 "réglementée" or "réglementés" show up more?
"réglementée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,962 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.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglementée" 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 #77,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglementée" and "réglementés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglementées vs réglementés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #77,903 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