Which to use
“regrette” and “regrettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,218
- “regrette” frequency rank
- #39,496
- “regrettez” frequency rank
- 42714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regrette | regrettez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. |
Where the eye mixes regrette and regrettez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regrette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against regrettez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regrette vs regrettez
A purely visual mix-up. regrette (\ʁə.ɡʁɛt\) and regrettez (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “regrette” sits inside “regrettez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42714, 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\. regrettez is at rank #39,496, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.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 42714, this pair ranks #223,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regrette vs regrettez
Shared letters: egrt. Private to "regrette": -. Private to "regrettez": z.
"regrette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "regrettez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regrette" and "regrettez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "regrette" vs "regrettez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regrette" and "regrettez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regrette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regrettez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regrette" and "regrettez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regretterez 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 #223,518 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.