peintre

Name: peintre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pɛ̃tʁ\

/\pɛ̃tʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“peintre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,952
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artiste utilisant la peinture pour son art.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peintre · peintre · French

peintre · rank #3,952 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,952
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH partisans

Nearest frequency peer: partisans (-1 rank slots)

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.

ose

96,051
partisans

96,050
peintre

96,049
personnelles

96,048
pot

96,047
présentée

96,046

What this shows « peintre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

peintre vs pente

71% similar

peintre vs pitre

71% similar

peintre vs pinte

71% similar

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

Key facts for peintre
Property	Value
Headword	peintre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pɛ̃tʁ\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#3,952
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « peintre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).peintrese place ici:

#3,952

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « partisans » (#3,951), « personnelles » (#3,953), « ose » (#3,950). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peintre » est au #3,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around peintre (IPA \pɛ̃tʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,952 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for peintre, with forms such as "epintre", "peinntre", and "peinrte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pente", "pitre", "pinte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is peintre, spelled P-E-I-N-T-R-E.

Definition

1
Artiste utilisant la peinture pour son art.
2
Artisan dont le métier est de couvrir de couleur des murailles, des lambris, des plafonds, etc.
3
Épouse d’un peintre.
4
Celui qui représente fidèlement les choses dont il parle, dont il traite, soit en prose, soit en vers.
5
Cochonnet (jeu de pétanque).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Hazlitt avait d’abord été peintre, mais il peignait si mal qu’il finit par s’en apercevoir, et il se mit à écrire.
Outre l’ascension du peintre refoulé devenu soldat fanatique puis sauveur vénéré d’une Allemagne en perdition, le musée abordait l’Holocauste et ses millions de victimes, photographies sans concession à l’appui, montrant comment la folie d’une poignée d’individus ultradéterminés avait mené le pays dans l’horreur.

Synonyms

barbouilleur gribouilleur peinturierartiste peintrepeintre en bâtiment peintresse peintureur peintureuse

This word in other languages

painter(English)pintor(Español)Maler(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epintre
peinntre
peinrte
peinter
peintrre
peinttre
peitnre
penitre
pientre
ppeintre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peintre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "peintre"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peintre"?

"peintre" is spelled P-E-I-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃tʁ\.

What does "peintre" mean?

As a noun, "peintre" means: Artiste utilisant la peinture pour son art.

What words are commonly confused with "peintre"?

"peintre" is commonly confused with "pente", "pitre", "pinte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "peintre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peintre" is \pɛ̃tʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "peintre" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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