Which to use
“pintes” and “poètes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- #8,602
- “poètes” frequency rank
- 52698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintes | poètes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pinte. | Pluriel de poète. |
Where the eye mixes pintes and poètes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pintes (CVCCVC) and poètes (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between pintes and poètes
A purely visual mix-up. pintes (\pɛ̃t\) and poètes (\pɔ.ɛt\) 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 52698, 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\. poètes is at rank #8,602, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.ɛt\.
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 52698, this pair ranks #145,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintes vs poètes
Shared letters: epst. Private to "pintes": in. Private to "poètes": oè.
"pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "poètes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pintes ← ipntes · pinets · pinntes · pintess · pintse · pinttes · pitnes · pnites
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pintes" for "poètes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pintes" or "poètes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pintes" and "poètes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poètes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintes" and "poètes" 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 #145,893 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.