Which to use
“peintres” and “peinture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,904
- “peintres” frequency rank
- #2,049
- “peinture” frequency rank
- 10953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peintres | peinture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de peintre. | Substance pigmentée appliquée en couche à l’aide d’un pinceau, d’un rouleau ou par projection sur une surface à colorer ou à protéger. |
Where the eye mixes peintres and peinture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. peintres (CVVCCCVC) and peinture (CVVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: peintres vs peinture
A purely visual mix-up. peintres (\pɛ̃tʁ\) and peinture (\pɛ̃.tyʁ\) 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 10953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peintres is recorded at frequency rank #8,904, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃tʁ\. peinture is at rank #2,049, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃.tyʁ\.
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 10953, this pair ranks #411,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peintres vs peinture
Shared letters: einprt. Private to "peintres": s. Private to "peinture": u.
"peintres" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC · "peinture" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peintres" and "peinture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "peintres" or "peinture" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "peintres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peinture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peintres" and "peinture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peintres vs pintes". 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 #411,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.