Which to use
“pintes” and “piste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- #1,963
- “piste” frequency rank
- 46059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintes | piste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pinte. | Trace qu’a laissée un animal ou un homme sur le sol où il a marché. |
Where the eye mixes pintes and piste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses pintes with piste
A purely visual mix-up. pintes (\pɛ̃t\) and piste (\pist\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pintes is recorded at frequency rank #44,096, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛ̃t\. piste is at rank #1,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pist\.
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 46059, this pair ranks #197,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintes vs piste
Shared letters: eipst. Private to "pintes": n. Private to "piste": -.
"pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "piste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pintes" and "piste" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pintes" vs "piste" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintes" and "piste" 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 #197,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.