Which to use
“piges” and “pintes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,997
- “piges” frequency rank
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- 59093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piges | pintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pige. | Pluriel de pinte. |
Where the eye mixes piges and pintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. piges runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against pintes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses piges with pintes
A purely visual mix-up. piges (\piʒ\) and pintes (\pɛ̃t\) 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 59093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piges is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun, pronounced \piʒ\. pintes is at rank #44,096, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃t\.
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 59093, this pair ranks #105,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piges vs pintes
Shared letters: eips. Private to "piges": g. Private to "pintes": nt.
"piges" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "piges" and "pintes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "piges" vs "pintes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "piges" and "pintes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piges" and "pintes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintes vs pontet". 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 #105,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.