Which to use
“enregistre” and “enregistrée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,822
- “enregistre” frequency rank
- #8,702
- “enregistrée” frequency rank
- 16524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enregistre | enregistrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enregistrer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de enregistrer. |
Where the eye mixes enregistre and enregistrée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. enregistre runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against enregistrée's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enregistre with enregistrée
A purely visual mix-up. enregistre (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\) and enregistrée (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁe\) 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 16524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enregistre is recorded at frequency rank #7,822, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\. enregistrée is at rank #8,702, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁe\.
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 16524, this pair ranks #387,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enregistre vs enregistrée
Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistre": -. Private to "enregistrée": é.
"enregistre" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV · "enregistrée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enregistre ← energistre · ennregistre · enreggistre · enregisrte · enregisstre · enregister · enregisttre · enregitsre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enregistre" for "enregistrée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enregistre" or "enregistrée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enregistre" and "enregistrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enregistrée vs enregistrez". 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 #387,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.