Which to use
“ciné” and “coins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,941
- “ciné” frequency rank
- #5,842
- “coins” frequency rank
- 13783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ciné | coins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Salle de cinéma. | Pluriel de coin. |
Where the eye mixes ciné and coins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ciné runs 4 letters (CVCV) against coins's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ciné vs coins
A purely visual mix-up. ciné (\si.ne\) and coins (\kwɛ̃\) 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 13783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ciné is recorded at frequency rank #7,941, classified as anoun, pronounced \si.ne\. coins is at rank #5,842, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kwɛ̃\.
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 13783, this pair ranks #399,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ciné vs coins
Shared letters: cin. Private to "ciné": é. Private to "coins": os.
"ciné" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "coins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coins ← ccoins · cions · coinns · coinss · coisn · conis · ocins
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ciné" for "coins" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ciné" or "coins"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ciné" and "coins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ciné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ciné" and "coins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciné vs conde". 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 #399,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.