pint

/paɪnt/

//paɪnt// noun

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"pint" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pint” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,938
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of volume, equivalent to:

Corpus desk

Index EN-pint · pint · English

pint · rank #11,938 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,938
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pinned

Nearest frequency peer: pinned (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “pint”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “pint” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pint vs pt
50% similar
pint vs put
50% similar
pint vs pot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pint
PropertyValue
Headwordpint
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/paɪnt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,938
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pint”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).pintlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “pinned” (#11,937), “pleaded” (#11,939), “peripheral” (#11,936). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pint” is #11,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pint (IPA /paɪnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,938 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pint, with forms such as "ipnt", "pinnt", and "pintt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pt", "put", "pot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto. The correct English form is pint, spelled P-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  2. 2
    A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  3. 3
    A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  4. 4
    A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  5. 5
    A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  6. 6
    A pint of milk.
  7. 7
    A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
  2. The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;

Etymology

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

This word in other languages

pinta(Español)chopine(Français)Pint(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipnt
  • pinnt
  • pintt
  • pitn
  • pnit
  • ppint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pint - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ipnt2pinnt1pintt1pitn2pnit2ppint1
Edit distance from "pint"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pint"?
"pint" is spelled P-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /paɪnt/.
What does "pint" mean?
As a noun, "pint" means: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
What words are commonly confused with "pint"?
"pint" is commonly confused with "pt", "put", "pot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pint" is /paɪnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "pint"?
From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list