Which to use
“cinglé” is an adjective and “cintre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,523
- “cinglé” frequency rank
- #26,297
- “cintre” frequency rank
- 56820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cinglé | cintre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fou. | Courbure en arcade, en demi-cercle. |
Where the eye mixes cinglé and cintre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cinglé and cintre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cinglé is \sɛ̃.ɡle\ while cintre is \sɛ̃tʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cinglé is recorded at frequency rank #30,523, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ̃.ɡle\. 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 56820, this pair ranks #118,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cinglé vs cintre
Shared letters: cin. Private to "cinglé": glé. Private to "cintre": ert.
"cinglé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "cintre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cintre ← ccintre · cinntre · cinrte · cinter · cintrre · cinttre · citnre · cnitre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cinglé" for "cintre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cinglé" vs "cintre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cinglé" 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 #118,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cinglé" and "cintre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cinglé vs cinglés". 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 #118,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.