Which to use
“pinte” and “pitre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,691
- “pinte” frequency rank
- #24,326
- “pitre” frequency rank
- 53017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinte | pitre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Acteur populaire chargé d’amuser la foule amassée autour des tréteaux d’un charlatan, par des grimaces et de grosses plaisanteries. |
Where the eye mixes pinte and pitre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pinte and pitre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between pinte and pitre
A purely visual mix-up. pinte (\pɛ̃t\) and pitre (\pitʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pinte is recorded at frequency rank #28,691, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃t\. pitre is at rank #24,326, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pitʁ\.
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 53017, this pair ranks #143,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pinte vs pitre
Shared letters: eipt. Private to "pinte": n. Private to "pitre": r.
"pinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pitre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pinte" for "pitre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pinte" vs "pitre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pinte" and "pitre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pinte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pitre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinte" and "pitre" 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 #143,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.