Which to use
“piétons” is an adjective and “piton” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,099
- “piétons” frequency rank
- #32,118
- “piton” frequency rank
- 43217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piétons | piton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de piéton. | Sorte de clou ou de vis dont la tête est en forme d’anneau. |
Where the eye mixes piétons and piton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. piétons runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against piton's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between piétons and piton
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: piétons is \pje.tɔ̃\ while piton is \pi.tɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piétons is recorded at frequency rank #11,099, classified as anadj, pronounced \pje.tɔ̃\. piton is at rank #32,118, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pi.tɔ̃\.
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 43217, this pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of piétons vs piton
Shared letters: inopt. Private to "piétons": sé. Private to "piton": -.
"piétons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "piton" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- piton ← ipton · piotn · pitno · pitonn · pitton · ppiton · ption
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piétons" for "piton" ever safe?
Which is more common, "piétons" or "piton"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "piétons" and "piton" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piétons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piétons" and "piton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pio vs piton". 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 #219,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.