Which to use
“régressé” and “regrette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,781
- “régressé” frequency rank
- #3,218
- “regrette” frequency rank
- 51999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régressé | regrette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de régresser. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. |
Where the eye mixes régressé and regrette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. régressé and regrette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: régressé vs regrette
A purely visual mix-up. régressé (\ʁe.ɡʁe.se\) and regrette (\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régressé is recorded at frequency rank #48,781, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡʁe.se\. regrette is at rank #3,218, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\.
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 51999, this pair ranks #150,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of régressé vs regrette
Shared letters: egr. Private to "régressé": sé. Private to "regrette": t.
"régressé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "regrette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- regrette ← ergrette · regertte · reggrette · regrete · regretet · regrrette · regrtete · rergette
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "régressé" for "regrette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "régressé" vs "regrette" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "régressé" and "regrette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "régressé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regrette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régressé" and "regrette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régressé vs régresser". 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 #150,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.