# paint

> English word · Noun · IPA /peɪnt/ · frequency rank #2,903

## Definitions
1. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
2. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
3. The free-throw lane, construed with the.
4. Paintballs.
5. Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
6. Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
7. Makeup.
8. Tattoo work.
9. Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
10. The appearance of an object on a radar screen.

## Etymology
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

## Easily confused with
- **Pan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pan)
- **pin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pin)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pit)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pat)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-part)
- **past** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-past)
- **pair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pair)
- **pink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pink)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pine)
- **pins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pins)
- **Pitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pitt)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-ping)
- **pint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pint)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pawn)
- **pans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pans)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-punt)
- **pant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pant)
- **pang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pang)
- **pane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pane)
- **piet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-piet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apint`, `painnt`, `paintt`, `paitn`, `panit`, `piant`, `ppaint`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/paint