Which to use
“enregistrent” and “enregistrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,256
- “enregistrent” frequency rank
- #5,863
- “enregistrer” frequency rank
- 28119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enregistrent | enregistrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enregistrer. | Mettre, écrire quelque chose sur un registre, ou seulement en prendre note. |
Where the eye mixes enregistrent and enregistrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. enregistrent runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCC) against enregistrer's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enregistrent with enregistrer
A purely visual mix-up. enregistrent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enregistrent is recorded at frequency rank #22,256, 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 28119, this pair ranks #324,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enregistrent vs enregistrer
Shared letters: eginrst. Private to "enregistrent": -. Private to "enregistrer": -.
"enregistrent" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCC · "enregistrer" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enregistrent ← energistrent · ennregistrent · enreggistrent · enregisrtent · enregisstrent · enregisternt · enregistrennt · enregistrentt
- enregistrer ← energistrer · ennregistrer · enreggistrer · enregisrter · enregisstrer · enregisterr · enregistrerr · enregistrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enregistrent" and "enregistrer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "enregistrent" or "enregistrer" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enregistrent" and "enregistrer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistrent" 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 #324,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enregistrent" and "enregistrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enregistrent 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 #324,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.