Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "regretter" or "regretterez"?
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.