Which to use
“régulée” and “réguler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,162
- “régulée” frequency rank
- #17,554
- “réguler” frequency rank
- 61716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régulée | réguler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de réguler. | Ajuster de manière définitive ou permanente. |
Same sound, different letters: régulée vs réguler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. régulée (CVCVCVV) and réguler (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - régulée and réguler
This is the hard kind. régulée and réguler are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ɡy.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régulée is recorded at frequency rank #44,162, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.le\. réguler is at rank #17,554, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ɡy.le\.
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 61716, this pair ranks #90,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of régulée vs réguler
Shared letters: eglrué. Private to "régulée": -. Private to "réguler": -.
"régulée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "réguler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "régulée" and "réguler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "régulée" or "réguler"?
Useful next steps
"régulée" and "réguler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "régulée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réguler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régulée" and "réguler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refoulée vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #90,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.