Which to use
“régner” and “rester” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,252
- “régner” frequency rank
- #660
- “rester” frequency rank
- 13912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régner | rester |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exercer le pouvoir souverain dans un État monarchique ; se dit des princes souverains, même quand ils ne portent pas le titre de roi. | Continuer d’être à un endroit ou dans un état. |
Where the eye mixes régner and rester
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: régner vs rester
A purely visual mix-up. régner (\ʁe.ɲe\) and rester (\ʁɛs.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régner is recorded at frequency rank #13,252, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɲe\. rester is at rank #660, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛs.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 13912, this pair ranks #398,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of régner vs rester
Shared letters: er. Private to "régner": gné. Private to "rester": st.
"régner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "rester" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rester ← erster · resetr · resster · resterr · restre · restter · retser · rrester
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "régner" and "rester" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "régner" vs "rester" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "régner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rester" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régner" and "rester" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régner vs rogner". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #398,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.