enregistrevsenregistreurTell them apart

Quick tell: enregistre is a verb, enregistreur is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enregistre” is a verb and “enregistreur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,822
“enregistre” frequency rank
#28,937
“enregistreur” frequency rank
36759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enregistre enregistreur
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enregistrer. Qui sert à enregistrer, en parlant d’un appareil.

Where the eye mixes enregistre and enregistreur

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

10 ch
enregistre
12 ch
enregistreur

Why the eye confuses enregistre with enregistreur

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enregistre is \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒistʁ\ while enregistreur is \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enregistre” sits inside “enregistreur”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36759, 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\. enregistreur is at rank #28,937, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁœʁ\.

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 36759, this pair ranks #267,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enregistre vs enregistreur

Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistre": -. Private to "enregistreur": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enregistre ← energistre · ennregistre · enreggistre · enregisrte · enregisstre · enregister · enregisttre · enregitsre
  • enregistreur ← energistreur · ennregistreur · enreggistreur · enregisrteur · enregisstreur · enregisterur · enregistreru · enregistreurr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enregistre" for "enregistreur" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enregistre" is a verb and "enregistreur" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "enregistre" or "enregistreur" show up more?
"enregistre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,822 in our French list, against #28,937 for "enregistreur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "enregistreur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enregistre" and "enregistreur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enregistreur 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 #267,324 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