peinture

\pɛ̃.tyʁ\

/\pɛ̃.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“peinture” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,049
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance pigmentée appliquée en couche à l’aide d’un pinceau, d’un rouleau ou par projection sur une surface à colorer ou à protéger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peinture · peinture · French

peinture · rank #2,049 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,049
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ordres

Nearest frequency peer: ordres (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « peinture »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

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).

peinture vs picture
75% similar
peinture vs pointue
75% similar
peinture vs pointure
88% similar

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

Key facts for peinture
PropertyValue
Headwordpeinture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,049
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « peinture »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).peinturese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ordres » (#2,048), « printemps » (#2,050), « office » (#2,047). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peinture » est au #2,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around peinture (IPA \pɛ̃.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,049 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for peinture, with forms such as "epinture", "peinnture", and "peintrue". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "picture", "pointue", "pointure", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is peinture, spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance pigmentée appliquée en couche à l’aide d’un pinceau, d’un rouleau ou par projection sur une surface à colorer ou à protéger.
  2. 2
    L’art de peindre, le métier de peindre.
  3. 3
    Ouvrage du peintre ; tableau.
  4. 4
    Description.
  5. 5
    Transposition représentative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les volets, grossièrement faits, se recommandaient par une solide peinture vert dragon.
  2. Héritier en ligne directe du muralisme mexicain, le muralisme chicano est aujourd'hui l'un des multiples exemples de peinture murale aux États-Unis.

Synonyms

troisième arttableautoilecouleurpigment

This word in other languages

paint(English)pintura(Español)Farbe(Deutsch)tinta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epinture
  • peinnture
  • peintrue
  • peintture
  • peintuer
  • peinturre
  • peinutre
  • peitnure
  • peniture
  • pienture
  • ppeinture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peinture - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epinture2peinnture1peintrue2peintture1peintuer2peinturre1peinutre2peitnure2
Edit distance from "peinture"

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 "peinture"?
"peinture" is spelled P-E-I-N-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃.tyʁ\.
What does "peinture" mean?
As a noun, "peinture" means: Substance pigmentée appliquée en couche à l’aide d’un pinceau, d’un rouleau ou par projection sur une surface à colorer ou à protéger.
What words are commonly confused with "peinture"?
"peinture" is commonly confused with "picture", "pointue", "pointure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peinture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peinture" is \pɛ̃.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peinture" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

espagnol#2,040véhicule#2,061apporter#2,065arrivent#2,066

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

conflit11 variantsessentiel11 variantsrépondu11 variantsportant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list