Which to use
“pintes” and “portés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- #7,742
- “portés” frequency rank
- 51838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintes | portés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pinte. | Pluriel de porté. |
Where the eye mixes pintes and portés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pintes and portés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pintes with portés
A purely visual mix-up. pintes (\pɛ̃t\) and portés (\pɔʁ.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51838, 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\. portés is at rank #7,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁ.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 51838, this pair ranks #152,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintes vs portés
Shared letters: pst. Private to "pintes": ein. Private to "portés": oré.
"pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "portés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pintes ← ipntes · pinets · pinntes · pintess · pintse · pinttes · pitnes · pnites
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pintes" and "portés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pintes" or "portés"?
After this comparison
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 "portés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintes" and "portés" 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 #152,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.