Which to use
“feint” and “feinte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,489
- “feint” frequency rank
- #22,856
- “feinte” frequency rank
- 54345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feint | feinte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peinture qui imite le marbre. | Action de feindre. |
Where the eye mixes feint and feinte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between feint and feinte
A purely visual mix-up. feint (\fɛ̃\) and feinte (\fɛ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “feint” sits inside “feinte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feint is recorded at frequency rank #31,489, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛ̃\. feinte is at rank #22,856, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɛ̃t\.
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 54345, this pair ranks #134,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feint vs feinte
Shared letters: efint. Private to "feint": -. Private to "feinte": -.
"feint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "feinte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feint" and "feinte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feint" vs "feinte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "feint" and "feinte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "feinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feint" and "feinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feint vs foins". 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 #134,669 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.