Which to use
“pintes” and “potes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,096
- “pintes” frequency rank
- #3,488
- “potes” frequency rank
- 47584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintes | potes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de pinte. | Pluriel de pote. |
Where the eye mixes pintes and potes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pintes vs potes
A purely visual mix-up. pintes (\pɛ̃t\) and potes (\pɔt\) 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 47584, 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\. potes is at rank #3,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔt\.
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 47584, this pair ranks #185,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pintes vs potes
Shared letters: epst. Private to "pintes": in. Private to "potes": o.
"pintes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "potes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pintes" for "potes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pintes" vs "potes" - which ranks higher?
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 "pintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "potes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintes" and "potes" 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 #185,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.