Which to use
“regretter” and “regrettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,881
- “regretter” frequency rank
- #39,496
- “regrettez” frequency rank
- 46377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regretter | regrettez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avoir du chagrin de l’absence, de la perte, de la mort de quelqu’un. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regretter. |
Where the eye mixes regretter and regrettez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regretter and regrettez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses regretter with regrettez
A purely visual mix-up. regretter (\ʁə.ɡʁe.te\) 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 a single letter - r in “regretter” becomes z in “regrettez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46377, 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\. 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 46377, this pair ranks #195,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regretter vs regrettez
Shared letters: egrt. Private to "regretter": -. Private to "regrettez": z.
"regretter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "regrettez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regretter" and "regrettez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regretter" vs "regrettez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regretter" and "regrettez" 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 "regrettez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regretter" 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 #195,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.