# pit vs pivot

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### pit
*adjective · IPA \pit\ · frequency rank #25,076*
Parfait, excellent.

### pivot
*noun · IPA \pi.vo\ · frequency rank #12,834*
Support de l’axe autour duquel un corps tourne (pivote).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/pit-vs-pivot