Which to use
“regrette” and “regrettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,218
- “regrette” frequency rank
- #24,739
- “regrettent” frequency rank
- 27957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regrette | regrettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. |
Same sound, different letters: regrette vs regrettent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. regrette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against regrettent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: regrette vs regrettent
This is the hard kind. regrette and regrettent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “regrette” sits inside “regrettent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regrette is recorded at frequency rank #3,218, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛt\. regrettent is at rank #24,739, 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 27957, this pair ranks #325,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regrette vs regrettent
Shared letters: egrt. Private to "regrette": -. Private to "regrettent": n.
"regrette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "regrettent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regrette ← ergrette · regertte · reggrette · regrete · regretet · regrrette · regrtete · rergette
- regrettent ← ergrettent · regerttent · reggrettent · regretent · regretetnt · regrettennt · regrettentt · regrettetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regrette" for "regrettent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regrette" vs "regrettent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "regrette" / "regrettent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "regrette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regrettent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regrette" and "regrettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regrettent vs regrettez". 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 #325,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.