Which to use
“fin” and “flint” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #168
- “fin” frequency rank
- #34,540
- “flint” frequency rank
- 34708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fin | flint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui termine une chose, en marque la limite, en est l'extrémité. | 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 fin and flint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fin vs flint
A purely visual mix-up. fin (\fɛ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fin is recorded at frequency rank #168, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛ̃\. 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 34708, this pair ranks #281,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fin vs flint
Shared letters: fin. Private to "fin": -. Private to "flint": lt.
"fin" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "flint" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- flint ← fflint · filnt · flinnt · flintt · flitn · fllint · flnit · lfint
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fin" for "flint" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fin" vs "flint" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fin" and "flint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fin" 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 #281,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fin" 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 #281,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.