Which to use
“règnes” and “regret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,235
- “règnes” frequency rank
- #7,617
- “regret” frequency rank
- 38852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | règnes | regret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de règne. | Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne. |
Where the eye mixes règnes and regret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. règnes and regret follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between règnes and regret
A purely visual mix-up. règnes (\ʁɛɲ\) and regret (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ\) 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 38852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
règnes is recorded at frequency rank #31,235, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛɲ\. regret is at rank #7,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ\.
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 38852, this pair ranks #252,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of règnes vs regret
Shared letters: egr. Private to "règnes": nsè. Private to "regret": t.
"règnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "regret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regret ← ergret · regert · reggret · regrett · regrret · regrte · rerget · rgeret
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "règnes" for "regret" ever safe?
Frequency check: "règnes" vs "regret" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "règnes" and "regret" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "règnes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "règnes" and "regret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régates vs règnes". 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 #252,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.