Which to use
“peintes” is an adjective and “pointer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,364
- “peintes” frequency rank
- #11,102
- “pointer” frequency rank
- 30466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peintes | pointer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de peint. | Race de grand chien d’arrêt britannique, originaire d’Angleterre, au stop bien marqué, à queue droite et effilée, à poil court, à robe unicolore ou bicolore. |
Where the eye mixes peintes and pointer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: peintes vs pointer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peintes is \pɛ̃t\ while pointer is \pwɛ̃.tɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30466, 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\. pointer is at rank #11,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃.tɛʁ\.
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 30466, this pair ranks #310,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peintes vs pointer
Shared letters: einpt. Private to "peintes": s. Private to "pointer": or.
"peintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "pointer" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "peintes" vs "pointer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "peintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peintes" and "pointer" 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 #310,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.