Which to use
“peints” is an adjective and “pintes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,755
- “peints” frequency rank
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- 58851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peints | pintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de peint. | Pluriel de pinte. |
Where the eye mixes peints and pintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: peints vs pintes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peints is \pɛ̃\ while pintes is \pɛ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peints is recorded at frequency rank #14,755, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛ̃\. 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 58851, this pair ranks #106,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of peints vs pintes
Shared letters: einpst. Private to "peints": -. Private to "pintes": -.
"peints" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peints" for "pintes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "peints" vs "pintes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "peints" and "pintes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peints" 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 #106,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peints" 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 #106,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.