Which to use
“peintures” and “pointures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,327
- “peintures” frequency rank
- #39,462
- “pointures” frequency rank
- 45789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peintures | pointures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de peinture. | Pluriel de pointure. |
Where the eye mixes peintures and pointures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. peintures and pointures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: peintures vs pointures
A purely visual mix-up. peintures (\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 a single letter - e in “peintures” becomes o in “pointures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peintures is recorded at frequency rank #6,327, 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 45789, this pair ranks #200,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peintures vs pointures
Shared letters: einprstu. Private to "peintures": -. Private to "pointures": o.
"peintures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "pointures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "peintures" and "pointures" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "peintures" vs "pointures" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "peintures" and "pointures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peintures" 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 #200,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peintures" 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 #200,034 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.