Which to use
“pintes” and “pointe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- #1,883
- “pointe” frequency rank
- 45979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintes | pointe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pinte. | Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit. |
Where the eye mixes pintes and pointe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pintes and pointe
A purely visual mix-up. pintes (\pɛ̃t\) and pointe (\pwɛ̃t\) 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 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45979, 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\. pointe is at rank #1,883, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃t\.
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 45979, this pair ranks #198,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintes vs pointe
Shared letters: einpt. Private to "pintes": s. Private to "pointe": o.
"pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pointe" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pintes" and "pointe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pintes" vs "pointe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pintes" and "pointe" 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 "pointe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintes" and "pointe" 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 #198,588 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.