regroupentvsregroupésConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
regroupent
9 ch
regroupés

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ɡʁup\ versus \ʁə.ɡʁu.pe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "regroupent" or "regroupés"?
"regroupés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,993 in our French list, against #20,837 for "regroupent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list