enregistrevsenregistréesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“enregistre” and “enregistrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,822
“enregistre” frequency rank
#10,498
“enregistrées” frequency rank
18320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enregistre enregistrées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enregistrer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de enregistrer.

Where the eye mixes enregistre and enregistrées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. enregistre runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against enregistrées's 12 (VCCVCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
enregistre
12 ch
enregistrées

Look-alike desk: enregistre vs enregistrées

A purely visual mix-up. enregistre (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\) and enregistrées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18320, 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\. enregistrées is at rank #10,498, 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 18320, this pair ranks #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enregistre vs enregistrées

Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistre": -. Private to "enregistrées": é.

"enregistre" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV  ·  "enregistrées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enregistre ← energistre · ennregistre · enreggistre · enregisrte · enregisstre · enregister · enregisttre · enregitsre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enregistre" and "enregistrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\ versus \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enregistre" vs "enregistrées" - which ranks higher?
"enregistre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,822 in our French list, against #10,498 for "enregistrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "enregistrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enregistre" and "enregistrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enregistrées 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 #378,920 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