Which to use
“cidre” and “cintre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,832
- “cidre” frequency rank
- #26,297
- “cintre” frequency rank
- 43129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cidre | cintre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boisson faite par fermentation alcoolique de jus de pommes pressurées. | Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle. |
Where the eye mixes cidre and cintre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cidre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cintre's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cidre with cintre
A purely visual mix-up. cidre (\sidʁ\) and cintre (\sɛ̃tʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cidre is recorded at frequency rank #16,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \sidʁ\. cintre is at rank #26,297, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛ̃tʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43129, this pair ranks #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cidre vs cintre
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "cidre": d. Private to "cintre": nt.
"cidre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cintre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cidre" for "cintre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cidre" or "cintre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cidre" and "cintre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cidre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cintre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cidre" and "cintre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cendré vs cintre". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #220,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.