pincée

\pɛ̃.se\

/\pɛ̃.se\/ noun

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The verdict

“pincée” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,080
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pincee · pincée · French

pincée · rank #29,080 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,080
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pieuse

Nearest frequency peer: pieuse (-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 « pincée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pincée » 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).

pincée vs pine
67% similar
pincée vs pinte
67% similar
pincée vs ponce
67% similar

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

Key facts for pincée
PropertyValue
Headwordpincée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,080
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pincée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pincéese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pieuse » (#29,079), « plaisanteries » (#29,081), « pets » (#29,078). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pincée » est au #29,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pincée (IPA \pɛ̃.se\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,080 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pincée, with forms such as "ipncée", "picnée", and "pinccée". 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, "pine", "pinte", "ponce", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pincée, spelled P-I-N-C-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts.
  2. 2
    Une petite quantité de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aussi, Nazira alla-t-elle, sur l'avis de sa mère, jeter une pincée de sel sur le feu. C'est un moyen infaillible pour faire revenir quelqu'un dans la maison.
  2. Toute seule devant l’armoire à glace, elle se faisait des révérences, en tenant sa robe à pincées.

This word in other languages

pinch(English)Prise(Deutsch)pitada(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipncée
  • picnée
  • pinccée
  • pincee
  • pinceé
  • pinncée
  • pinéce
  • pnicée
  • ppincée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pincée - 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.

ipncée2picnée2pinccée1pincee1pinceé2pinncée1pinéce2pnicée2
Edit distance from "pincée"

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 "pincée"?
"pincée" is spelled P-I-N-C-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃.se\.
What does "pincée" mean?
As a noun, "pincée" means: Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts.
What words are commonly confused with "pincée"?
"pincée" is commonly confused with "pine", "pinte", "ponce". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pincée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pincée" is \pɛ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pincée" come from?
"pincée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pieuse#29,079pelles#29,073Nikola#29,060Ramsey#29,101

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pereira9 variantsmétisse9 variantsMédine9 variantsrequiem9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list