pinte

\pɛ̃t\

/\pɛ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“pinte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,691
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon les lieux. À Paris elle valait 0,93 litre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pinte · pinte · French

pinte · rank #28,691 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,691
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phénoménale

Nearest frequency peer: phénoménale (-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 « pinte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pinte » 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).

pinte vs pit
60% similar
pinte vs pire
60% similar
pinte vs pont
60% similar

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

Key facts for pinte
PropertyValue
Headwordpinte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃t\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,691
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pinte »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « phénoménale » (#28,690), « plongés » (#28,692), « Philibert » (#28,689). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pinte » est au #28,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pinte (IPA \pɛ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,691 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pinte, with forms such as "ipnte", "pinet", and "pinnte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pit", "pire", "pont", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pinte, spelled P-I-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon les lieux. À Paris elle valait 0,93 litre.
  2. 2
    Unité de mesure de capacité du système impérial britannique correspondant à un quart de gallon.
  3. 3
    Verre de bière d’un demi-litre.
  4. 4
    Débit de boisson, bistro.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce que vous me demandez [l’uniformité de la loi] est aussi impossible que de n’avoir qu’un poids et qu’une mesure ; comment voulez-vous que la loi soit pour tous la même, quand la pinte ne l’est pas ?
  2. La pinte de Paris, & celle d’Orléans, contient deux livres d’eau, ou un peu moins de 32 onces.

Synonyms

baron

This word in other languages

pint(English)pinta(Español)Pinte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipnte
  • pinet
  • pinnte
  • pintte
  • pitne
  • pnite
  • ppinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipnte2pinet2pinnte1pintte1pitne2pnite2ppinte1
Edit distance from "pinte"

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 "pinte"?
"pinte" is spelled P-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃t\.
What does "pinte" mean?
As a noun, "pinte" means: Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon les lieux. À Paris elle valait 0,93 litre.
What words are commonly confused with "pinte"?
"pinte" is commonly confused with "pit", "pire", "pont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pinte" is \pɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pinte" come from?
"pinte" 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 "pinte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Perth#28,687parks#28,679paint#28,676radin#28,706

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rager7 variantsnoyée7 variantsrisée7 variantslupus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list