Which to use
“régulateur” and “régulateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,055
- “régulateur” frequency rank
- #27,610
- “régulateurs” frequency rank
- 40665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régulateur | régulateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sert de règle, qui régularise. | Masculin pluriel de régulateur. |
Same sound, different letters: régulateur vs régulateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. régulateur runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against régulateurs's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - régulateur and régulateurs
This is the hard kind. régulateur and régulateurs are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “régulateur” sits inside “régulateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régulateur is recorded at frequency rank #13,055, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\. régulateurs is at rank #27,610, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.la.tœʁ\.
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 40665, this pair ranks #238,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of régulateur vs régulateurs
Shared letters: aeglrtué. Private to "régulateur": -. Private to "régulateurs": s.
"régulateur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "régulateurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "régulateur" and "régulateurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "régulateur" vs "régulateurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"régulateur" and "régulateurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "régulateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régulateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régulateur" and "régulateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulateurs vs révélateurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #238,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.