peindre

/\pɛ̃dʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,607

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

peindre is aFrenchverb. It means: Enduire ou couvrir de peinture, de couleur ou de pigments. Pronounced \pɛ̃dʁ\. It ranks #7,607 in French word frequency. Often confused with peine and perdre.

Key facts for peindre
PropertyValue
Headwordpeindre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɛ̃dʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,607
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of peindre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for peindre is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,607 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for peindre, with forms such as "epindre", "peidnre", and "peinddre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "peine", "perdre", "pendre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is peindre, spelled P-E-I-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enduire ou couvrir de peinture, de couleur ou de pigments.
  2. 2
    Représenter une personne ou une chose, par des lignes et par des couleurs.
  3. 3
    Décrire, représenter quelque chose par des mots qui font image.
  4. 4
    Se traduire, se manifester.
  5. 5
    Représenter ses pensées, son style pour faire connaître son caractère et ses inclinations.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epindre,peidnre,peinddre,peinder,peindrre,peinndre,peinrde,penidre,piendre,ppeindre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for peindre

Misspelling Variants of "peindre"

epindre7peidnre7peinddre8peinder7peindrre8peinndre8peinrde7penidre7
Misspelling Variants of "peindre"

Frequency rank: #7,607 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peindre"?
"peindre" is spelled P-E-I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "peindre" mean?
As a verb, "peindre" means: Enduire ou couvrir de peinture, de couleur ou de pigments.
What words are commonly confused with "peindre"?
"peindre" is commonly confused with "peine", "perdre", "pendre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peindre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peindre" is \pɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peindre" come from?
"peindre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.