registre

Name: registre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁə.ʒistʁ\

/\ʁə.ʒistʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“registre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,637
frequency rank, French: 507,453
“R” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Livre où l’on écrit les actes, les affaires de chaque jour.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

registre vs résisté

50% similar

registre vs registres

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for registre
Property	Value
Headword	registre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʁə.ʒistʁ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#3,637
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “registre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). registre lands here:

#3,637

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around registre (IPA \ʁə.ʒistʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,637 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for registre, with forms such as "ergistre", "reggistre", and "regisrte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "résisté", "registres", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is registre, spelled R-E-G-I-S-T-R-E.

Definition

1
Livre où l’on écrit les actes, les affaires de chaque jour.
2
Manette indiquant et appelant chacun des jeux de l’orgue.
3
Étendue de l’échelle vocale.
4
Étendue de valeurs.
5
Registre de langue : mode d’expression adapté à une situation d’énonciation particulière, et qui détermine notamment certains choix lexicaux et syntaxiques ainsi qu’un certain ton. On dit aussi niveau de langue ou encore style.
6
Plaque ou tuyau placé à des ouvertures d'appareils, et que l’on fait mouvoir pour régler le tirage en donnant plus ou moins de passage à l’air.
7
Correspondance des lignes du recto avec les lignes du verso d’un feuillet.
8
Organe ou recueil administratif qui recense et répertorie.
9
Bande décorée dans un ensemble ornemental (sculpture, peinture, vitrail, etc.).
10
Mémoire tampon associée au processeur central, pour effectuer les calculs.

Synonyms

NIC

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ergistre
reggistre
regisrte
regisstre
register
registrre
registtre
regitsre
regsitre
reigstre
rgeistre
rregistre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of registre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "registre"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "registre"?

"registre" is spelled R-E-G-I-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʒistʁ\.

What does "registre" mean?

As a noun, "registre" means: Livre où l’on écrit les actes, les affaires de chaque jour.

What words are commonly confused with "registre"?

"registre" is commonly confused with "résisté", "registres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "registre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "registre" is \ʁə.ʒistʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "registre" come from?

"registre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “registre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is R-E-G-I-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ʁə.ʒistʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “résisté” - see the side-by-side comparison. registre vs résisté
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.