# pint

> English word · Noun · IPA /paɪnt/ · frequency rank #11,938

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pt)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-put)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pot)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pit)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pun)
- **png** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-png)
- **pip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pip)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pst)
- **PNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pnc)
- **pon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pon)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pix)
- **PnP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pnp)
- **PPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-ppt)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pir)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-post)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-port)
- **plot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-plot)
- **pipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pipe)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-poet)
- **punk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-punk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ipnt`, `pinnt`, `pintt`, `pitn`, `pnit`, `ppint`

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