Which to use
“pincée” and “pintes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,080
- “pincée” frequency rank
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- 73176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pincée | pintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts. | Pluriel de pinte. |
Where the eye mixes pincée and pintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pincée (CVCCVV) and pintes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses pincée with pintes
A purely visual mix-up. pincée (\pɛ̃.se\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73176, 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\. 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 73176, this pair ranks #41,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pincée vs pintes
Shared letters: einp. Private to "pincée": cé. Private to "pintes": st.
"pincée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pintes ← ipntes · pinets · pinntes · pintess · pintse · pinttes · pitnes · pnites
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pincée" and "pintes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pincée" vs "pintes" - 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 "pincée" 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 #41,357 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pincée" 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 #41,357 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.