registovsregistreConfusable pair

Which to use

“registo” and “registre” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,248
“registo” frequency rank
#23,482
“registre” frequency rank
28730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registo registre
Definition ato ou efeito de registar (registrar) registro

Where the eye mixes registo and registre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. registo runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against registre's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
registo
8 ch
registre

Why the eye confuses registo with registre

A purely visual mix-up. registo (/Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/) and registre (/ʁə.ʒistʁ/) 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 28730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registo is recorded at frequency rank #5,248, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/. 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 28730, this pair ranks #40,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registo vs registre

Shared letters: egirst. Private to "registo": o. Private to "registre": -.

"registo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "registre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registo ← ergisto · reggisto · regisot · regissto · registto · regitso · regsito · reigsto
  • registre ← ergistre · reggistre · regisrte · regisstre · registrre · registtre · regitsre · regsitre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "registo" and "registre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/ versus /ʁə.ʒistʁ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "registo" or "registre"?
"registo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,248 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 "registo" and "registre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registo" 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 #40,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registo" 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 #40,065 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