Which to use
“enregistrées” is a verb and “enregistreur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,498
- “enregistrées” frequency rank
- #28,937
- “enregistreur” frequency rank
- 39435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enregistrées | enregistreur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de enregistrer. | Qui sert à enregistrer, en parlant d’un appareil. |
Where the eye mixes enregistrées and enregistreur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. enregistrées and enregistreur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between enregistrées and enregistreur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enregistrées is \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁe\ while enregistreur is \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enregistrées is recorded at frequency rank #10,498, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁe\. 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 39435, this pair ranks #247,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enregistrées vs enregistreur
Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistrées": é. Private to "enregistreur": u.
"enregistrées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC · "enregistreur" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enregistreur ← energistreur · ennregistreur · enreggistreur · enregisrteur · enregisstreur · enregisterur · enregistreru · enregistreurr
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "enregistrées" 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 #247,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enregistrées" 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 #247,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.