Which to use
“pend” is a verb and “pino” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,710
- “pend” frequency rank
- #44,631
- “pino” frequency rank
- 69341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pend | pino |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pendre. | Pin. |
Where the eye mixes pend and pino
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pend vs pino
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pend is \pɑ̃\ while pino is \ˈpi.no\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pend is recorded at frequency rank #24,710, classified as averb, pronounced \pɑ̃\. pino is at rank #44,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈpi.no\.
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 69341, this pair ranks #55,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pend vs pino
Shared letters: np. Private to "pend": de. Private to "pino": io.
"pend" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pend" for "pino" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "pend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,518 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pend" and "pino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pino vs pio". 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 #55,518 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.