réglezvsrègnesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réglez is a verb, règnes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réglez” is a verb and “règnes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,992
“réglez” frequency rank
#31,235
“règnes” frequency rank
71227
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglez règnes
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de régler. Pluriel de règne.

Where the eye mixes réglez and règnes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. réglez and règnes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
réglez
6 ch
règnes

Why the eye confuses réglez with règnes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réglez is \ʁe.ɡle\ while règnes is \ʁɛɲ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglez is recorded at frequency rank #39,992, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡle\. règnes is at rank #31,235, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛɲ\.

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 71227, this pair ranks #48,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réglez vs règnes

Shared letters: egr. Private to "réglez": lzé. Private to "règnes": nsè.

"réglez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "règnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réglez" and "règnes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglez" is a verb and "règnes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réglez" or "règnes" show up more?
"règnes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,235 in our French list, against #39,992 for "réglez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "réglez" and "règnes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "règnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglez" and "règnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réglez vs régulée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,360 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