Which to use
“pinte” is a noun and “pointée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,691
- “pinte” frequency rank
- #32,528
- “pointée” frequency rank
- 61219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinte | pointée |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Féminin singulier de pointé. |
Where the eye mixes pinte and pointée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pinte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against pointée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pinte and pointée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pinte is \pɛ̃t\ while pointée is \pwɛ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61219, 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\. pointée is at rank #32,528, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pwɛ̃.te\.
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 61219, this pair ranks #93,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pinte vs pointée
Shared letters: einpt. Private to "pinte": -. Private to "pointée": oé.
"pinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pointée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pinte ← ipnte · pinet · pinnte · pintte · pitne · pnite · ppinte
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pinte" and "pointée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pinte" vs "pointée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pinte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinte" and "pointée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pointée 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 #93,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.