Which to use
“peinture” and “pointures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,049
- “peinture” frequency rank
- #39,462
- “pointures” frequency rank
- 41511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peinture | pointures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de pointure. |
Where the eye mixes peinture and pointures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. peinture runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against pointures's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between peinture and pointures
A purely visual mix-up. peinture (\pɛ̃.tyʁ\) and pointures (\pwɛ̃.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peinture is recorded at frequency rank #2,049, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃.tyʁ\. pointures is at rank #39,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃.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 41511, this pair ranks #232,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peinture vs pointures
Shared letters: einprtu. Private to "peinture": -. Private to "pointures": os.
"peinture" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "pointures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "peinture" and "pointures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "peinture" or "pointures"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "peinture" and "pointures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peinture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peinture" and "pointures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pointeurs vs pointures". 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 #232,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.