Which to use
“peintes” and “plantés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,364
- “peintes” frequency rank
- #17,790
- “plantés” frequency rank
- 37154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peintes | plantés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de peint. | Masculin pluriel de planté. |
Where the eye mixes peintes and plantés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. peintes (CVVCCVC) and plantés (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses peintes with plantés
A purely visual mix-up. peintes (\pɛ̃t\) and plantés (\plɑ̃.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37154, 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\. plantés is at rank #17,790, tagged as anadj, pronounced \plɑ̃.te\.
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 37154, this pair ranks #264,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peintes vs plantés
Shared letters: npst. Private to "peintes": ei. Private to "plantés": alé.
"peintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "plantés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peintes ← epintes · peinets · peinntes · peintess · peintse · peinttes · peitnes · penites
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "peintes" and "plantés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "peintes" or "plantés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "peintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peintes" and "plantés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peintes vs pètes". 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 #264,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.