Which to use
“pins” and “pintes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,922
- “pins” frequency rank
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- 55018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pins | pintes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pin. | Pluriel de pinte. |
Where the eye mixes pins and pintes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pins runs 4 letters (CVCC) against pintes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pins vs pintes
A purely visual mix-up. pins (\pɛ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pins is recorded at frequency rank #10,922, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃\. 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 55018, this pair ranks #130,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pins vs pintes
Shared letters: inps. Private to "pins": -. Private to "pintes": et.
"pins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pins" and "pintes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pins" or "pintes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pins" 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 #130,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pins" 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 #130,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.