Which to use
“pincée” and “prince” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,080
- “pincée” frequency rank
- #1,338
- “prince” frequency rank
- 30418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pincée | prince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qu’on peut prendre de certaines choses, en les pinçant entre deux ou trois doigts. | Celui qui est d’une maison souveraine. |
Where the eye mixes pincée and prince
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pincée (CVCCVV) and prince (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses pincée with prince
A purely visual mix-up. pincée (\pɛ̃.se\) and prince (\pʁɛ̃s\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30418, 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\. prince is at rank #1,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ̃s\.
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 30418, this pair ranks #310,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pincée vs prince
Shared letters: ceinp. Private to "pincée": é. Private to "prince": r.
"pincée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prince ← pirnce · pprince · pricne · princce · prinec · prinnce · prnice · prrince
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pincée" and "prince" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pincée" or "prince"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pincée" and "prince" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pincée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prince" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pincée" and "prince" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillée vs pincée". 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 #310,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.