Which to use
“regrettant” and “regrettons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,521
- “regrettant” frequency rank
- #38,004
- “regrettons” frequency rank
- 75525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regrettant | regrettons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de regretter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. |
Where the eye mixes regrettant and regrettons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regrettant and regrettons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses regrettant with regrettons
A purely visual mix-up. regrettant (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɑ̃\) and regrettons (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regrettant is recorded at frequency rank #37,521, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɑ̃\. regrettons is at rank #38,004, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɔ̃\.
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 75525, this pair ranks #33,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of regrettant vs regrettons
Shared letters: egnrt. Private to "regrettant": a. Private to "regrettons": os.
"regrettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "regrettons" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regrettant ← ergrettant · regerttant · reggrettant · regretant · regretatnt · regrettannt · regrettantt · regrettatn
- regrettons ← ergrettons · regerttons · reggrettons · regretons · regretotns · regrettnos · regrettonns · regrettonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regrettant" for "regrettons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regrettant" vs "regrettons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regrettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regrettons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regrettant" and "regrettons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regrettons vs remettons". 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 #33,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.