Which to use
“regroupent” and “regroupés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,837
- “regroupent” frequency rank
- #15,993
- “regroupés” frequency rank
- 36830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regroupent | regroupés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de regrouper. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de regrouper. |
Where the eye mixes regroupent and regroupés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regroupent runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against regroupés's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: regroupent vs regroupés
A purely visual mix-up. regroupent (\ʁə.ɡʁup\) and regroupés (\ʁə.ɡʁu.pe\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regroupent is recorded at frequency rank #20,837, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁup\. regroupés is at rank #15,993, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁu.pe\.
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 36830, this pair ranks #266,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regroupent vs regroupés
Shared letters: egopru. Private to "regroupent": nt. Private to "regroupés": sé.
"regroupent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "regroupés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regroupent ← ergroupent · reggroupent · regorupent · regropuent · regrouepnt · regroupennt · regroupentt · regroupetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regroupent" for "regroupés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regroupent" or "regroupés"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regroupent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regroupés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regroupent" and "regroupés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupent vs regroupent". 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 #266,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.