pines

\pin\

/\pin\/ noun

The verdict

“pines” is uncommon French (frequency #51,659 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,659
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pines · pines · French

pines · rank #51,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,659
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilotés

Nearest frequency peer: pilotés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pines »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pines
PropertyValue
Headwordpines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pin\
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pines » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pinestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pilotés » (#51,658), « pinède » (#51,660), « playback » (#51,661). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pines » est au #51,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pines is uncommon French at frequency #51,659 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pine.".

pines doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pines, spelled P-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des pines, elle en avait vu, mais jamais dans cet état.

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 "pines"?
"pines" is spelled P-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pin\.
What does "pines" mean?
As a noun, "pines" means: Pluriel de pine.
How do you pronounce "pines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pines" is \pin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pines" come from?
"pines" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list