Which to use
“peine” and “pink” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #483
- “peine” frequency rank
- #13,864
- “pink” frequency rank
- 14347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peine | pink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Punition, sanction ou châtiment infligé(e) pour une faute commise, pour un acte jugé répréhensible ou coupable, et en particulier punition pour une infraction à la loi et prononcée par un jugement. | Pinque. |
Letter map: peine vs pink
Shared letters muted; letters that set peine and pink apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - peine / pink
peine and pink are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peine is recorded at frequency rank #483, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛn\. pink is at rank #13,864, tagged as anoun.
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 14347, this pair ranks #397,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peine vs pink
Shared letters: inp. Private to "peine": e. Private to "pink": k.
"peine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peine" and "pink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "peine" or "pink" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "peine" and "pink". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "peine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peine" and "pink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pink vs pio". 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 #397,087 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.