registarvsregistreConfusable pair

Quick tell: registar is a verb, registre is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“registar” is a verb and “registre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,154
“registar” frequency rank
#23,482
“registre” frequency rank
39636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registar registre
Definition anotar fatos por escrito; efetuar lançamentos em livros públicos registro

Where the eye mixes registar and registre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. registar (CVCVCCVC) and registre (CVCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
registar
8 ch
registre

Look-alike desk: registar vs registre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: registar is /Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/ while registre is /ʁə.ʒistʁ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registar is recorded at frequency rank #16,154, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/. registre is at rank #23,482, 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 39636, this pair ranks #26,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registar vs registre

Shared letters: egirst. Private to "registar": a. Private to "registre": -.

"registar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "registre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registar ← ergistar · reggistar · regisatr · regisstar · registra · registtar · regitsar · regsitar
  • registre ← ergistre · reggistre · regisrte · regisstre · registrre · registtre · regitsre · regsitre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "registar" and "registre" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registar" is a verb and "registre" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "registar" or "registre"?
"registar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,154 in our Portuguese list, against #23,482 for "registre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "registar" and "registre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "registre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registar" and "registre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Register vs registre". 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 #26,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list