Which to use
“feinte” and “flint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,856
- “feinte” frequency rank
- #34,540
- “flint” frequency rank
- 57396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feinte | flint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de feindre. | Verre en cristal servant avec le crown-glass à faire les lentilles achromatiques des microscopes ; il est constitué par trois atomes de quadrisilicate de plomb et deux atomes de quadrisilicate de potasse. |
Where the eye mixes feinte and flint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between feinte and flint
A purely visual mix-up. feinte (\fɛ̃t\) and flint (\flint\) 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 57396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feinte is recorded at frequency rank #22,856, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛ̃t\. flint is at rank #34,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \flint\.
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 57396, this pair ranks #115,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feinte vs flint
Shared letters: fint. Private to "feinte": e. Private to "flint": l.
"feinte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "flint" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "feinte" and "flint" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "feinte" or "flint" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "feinte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "flint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feinte" and "flint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flint 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 #115,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.