Which to use
“pincée” and “pinte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,080
- “pincée” frequency rank
- #28,691
- “pinte” frequency rank
- 57771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pincée | pinte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts. | Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon les lieux. À Paris elle valait 0,93 litre. |
Where the eye mixes pincée and pinte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses pincée with pinte
A purely visual mix-up. pincée (\pɛ̃.se\) and pinte (\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 57771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pincée is recorded at frequency rank #29,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃.se\. pinte is at rank #28,691, 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 57771, this pair ranks #113,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pincée vs pinte
Shared letters: einp. Private to "pincée": cé. Private to "pinte": t.
"pincée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pinte ← ipnte · pinet · pinnte · pintte · pitne · pnite · ppinte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pincée" and "pinte" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "pincée" or "pinte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pincée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pincée" and "pinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pinte 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 #113,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.