Which to use
“feint” and “front” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,489
- “feint” frequency rank
- #1,393
- “front” frequency rank
- 32882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feint | front |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peinture qui imite le marbre. | Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front |
Where the eye mixes feint and front
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses feint with front
A purely visual mix-up. feint (\fɛ̃\) and front (\fʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32882, 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\. front is at rank #1,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ̃\.
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 32882, this pair ranks #294,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feint vs front
Shared letters: fnt. Private to "feint": ei. Private to "front": or.
"feint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "front" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feint" and "front" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "feint" or "front" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "feint" and "front" 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 "front" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feint" and "front" 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 #294,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.