peintesvspintesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: peintes is a adjective, pintes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“peintes” is an adjective and “pintes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,364
“peintes” frequency rank
#44,096
“pintes” frequency rank
63460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peintes pintes
Definition Féminin pluriel de peint. Pluriel de pinte.

Same sound, different letters: peintes vs pintes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
peintes
6 ch
pintes

Same sound, different spelling - peintes / pintes

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: peintes and pintes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peintes is recorded at frequency rank #19,364, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛ̃t\. 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 63460, this pair ranks #81,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of peintes vs pintes

Shared letters: einpst. Private to "peintes": -. Private to "pintes": -.

"peintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peintesepintes · peinets · peinntes · peintess · peintse · peinttes · peitnes · penites
  • pintesipntes · pinets · pinntes · pintess · pintse · pinttes · pitnes · pnites

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "peintes" and "pintes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "peintes" is an adjective and "pintes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "peintes" or "pintes"?
"peintes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,364 in our French list, against #44,096 for "pintes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peintes" 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 #81,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peintes" 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 #81,843 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list