regrettervsregretterezWhich spelling fits?

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“regretter” and “regretterez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,881
“regretter” frequency rank
#43,632
“regretterez” frequency rank
50513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regretter regretterez
Definition Avoir du chagrin de l’absence, de la perte, de la mort de quelqu’un. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de regretter.

Where the eye mixes regretter and regretterez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. regretter runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against regretterez's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
regretter
11 ch
regretterez

Why the eye confuses regretter with regretterez

A purely visual mix-up. regretter (\ʁə.ɡʁe.te\) and regretterez (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tə.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “regretter” sits inside “regretterez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regretter is recorded at frequency rank #6,881, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁe.te\. regretterez is at rank #43,632, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tə.ʁe\.

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 50513, this pair ranks #162,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regretter vs regretterez

Shared letters: egrt. Private to "regretter": -. Private to "regretterez": z.

"regretter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "regretterez" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regretter ← ergretter · regertter · reggretter · regreter · regretetr · regretterr · regrettre · regrretter
  • regretterez ← ergretterez · regertterez · reggretterez · regreterez · regretetrez · regretteerz · regretterezz · regretterrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regretter" and "regretterez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡʁe.te\ versus \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regretter" or "regretterez"?
"regretter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,881 in our French list, against #43,632 for "regretterez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "regretter" and "regretterez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regretter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regretterez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regretter" and "regretterez" 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 #162,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list