Which to use
“pinte” and “ponce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,691
- “pinte” frequency rank
- #30,309
- “ponce” frequency rank
- 59000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinte | ponce |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pierre extrêmement sèche, poreuse et légère, qui est un produit des volcans. |
Where the eye mixes pinte and ponce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pinte and ponce follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pinte vs ponce
A purely visual mix-up. pinte (\pɛ̃t\) and ponce (\pɔ̃s\) 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 59000, 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\. ponce is at rank #30,309, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ̃s\.
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 59000, this pair ranks #105,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pinte vs ponce
Shared letters: enp. Private to "pinte": it. Private to "ponce": co.
"pinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ponce" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pinte" for "ponce" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pinte" or "ponce"?
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 "pinte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ponce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinte" and "ponce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ponce 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 #105,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.