Which to use
“pannes” and “pintes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,819
- “pannes” frequency rank
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- 62915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pannes | pintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de panne (état de ce qui ne fonctionne plus).. | Pluriel de pinte. |
Where the eye mixes pannes and pintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pannes and pintes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between pannes and pintes
A purely visual mix-up. pannes (\pan\) and pintes (\pɛ̃t\) 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 62915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pannes is recorded at frequency rank #18,819, classified as anoun, pronounced \pan\. pintes is at rank #44,096, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃t\.
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 62915, this pair ranks #84,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pannes vs pintes
Shared letters: enps. Private to "pannes": a. Private to "pintes": it.
"pannes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pannes" and "pintes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pannes" vs "pintes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pannes" and "pintes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pannes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pannes" and "pintes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintes vs pontet". 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 #84,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.