Which to use
“picture” and “pointure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,908
- “picture” frequency rank
- #27,914
- “pointure” frequency rank
- 55822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picture | pointure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image. | Dimension exprimée en point d’un objet quelconque. |
Where the eye mixes picture and pointure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. picture runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pointure's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: picture vs pointure
A purely visual mix-up. picture (\ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\) and pointure (\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 55822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picture is recorded at frequency rank #27,908, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈpɪk.tʃɚ\. pointure is at rank #27,914, 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 55822, this pair ranks #125,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of picture vs pointure
Shared letters: eiprtu. Private to "picture": c. Private to "pointure": no.
"picture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pointure" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "picture" and "pointure" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "picture" vs "pointure" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "picture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picture" and "pointure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictural vs picture". 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 #125,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.