Which to use
“registre” and “registres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,637
- “registre” frequency rank
- #9,549
- “registres” frequency rank
- 13186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | registre | registres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Livre où l’on écrit les actes, les affaires de chaque jour. | Pluriel de registre. |
Same sound, different letters: registre vs registres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. registre runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against registres's 9 (CVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - registre / registres
This is the hard kind. registre and registres are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ʒistʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “registre” sits inside “registres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
registre is recorded at frequency rank #3,637, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ʒistʁ\. registres is at rank #9,549, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ʒistʁ\.
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 13186, this pair ranks #402,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of registre vs registres
Shared letters: egirst. Private to "registre": -. Private to "registres": -.
"registre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "registres" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "registre" and "registres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "registre" or "registres"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "registre" / "registres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "registre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "registres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "registre" and "registres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "registre vs résisté". 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 #402,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.