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“enregistreur” and “enregistreurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,937
- “enregistreur” frequency rank
- #42,859
- “enregistreurs” frequency rank
- 71796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enregistreur | enregistreurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sert à enregistrer, en parlant d’un appareil. | Masculin pluriel de enregistreur. |
Same sound, different letters: enregistreur vs enregistreurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. enregistreur runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCCVVC) against enregistreurs's 13 (VCCVCVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enregistreur / enregistreurs
This is the hard kind. enregistreur and enregistreurs are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enregistreur” sits inside “enregistreurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enregistreur is recorded at frequency rank #28,937, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁə.ʒis.tʁœʁ\. enregistreurs is at rank #42,859, 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 71796, this pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enregistreur vs enregistreurs
Shared letters: eginrstu. Private to "enregistreur": -. Private to "enregistreurs": -.
"enregistreur" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC · "enregistreurs" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enregistreur ← energistreur · ennregistreur · enreggistreur · enregisrteur · enregisstreur · enregisterur · enregistreru · enregistreurr
- enregistreurs ← energistreurs · ennregistreurs · enreggistreurs · enregisrteurs · enregisstreurs · enregisterurs · enregistrerus · enregistreurrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enregistreur" and "enregistreurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enregistreur" or "enregistreurs"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enregistreur" / "enregistreurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistreur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enregistreurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enregistreur" and "enregistreurs" 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 #46,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.