Which to use
“enregistre” and “enregistrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,822
- “enregistre” frequency rank
- #5,863
- “enregistrer” frequency rank
- 13685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enregistre | enregistrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enregistrer. | Mettre, écrire quelque chose sur un registre, ou seulement en prendre note. |
Where the eye mixes enregistre and enregistrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. enregistre runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against enregistrer's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between enregistre and enregistrer
A purely visual mix-up. enregistre (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\) and enregistrer (\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 extra letter(s) - “enregistre” sits inside “enregistrer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13685, 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\. enregistrer is at rank #5,863, 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 13685, this pair ranks #399,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enregistre vs enregistrer
Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistre": -. Private to "enregistrer": -.
"enregistre" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV · "enregistrer" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enregistre ← energistre · ennregistre · enreggistre · enregisrte · enregisstre · enregister · enregisttre · enregitsre
- enregistrer ← energistrer · ennregistrer · enreggistrer · enregisrter · enregisstrer · enregisterr · enregistrerr · enregistrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enregistre" for "enregistrer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enregistre" vs "enregistrer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enregistre" and "enregistrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enregistre 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 #399,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.