Which to use
“robin” and “robinet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,983
- “robin” frequency rank
- #10,397
- “robinet” frequency rank
- 15380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | robin | robinet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne de peu, prétentieuse ou sotte. | Pièce ajustée à l’issue d’un tuyau, d’un réservoir, etc., qui sert à retenir le liquide ou le gaz et à le faire sortir quand on veut. |
Where the eye mixes robin and robinet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses robin with robinet
A purely visual mix-up. robin (\ʁɔ.bɛ̃\) and robinet (\ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “robin” sits inside “robinet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
robin is recorded at frequency rank #4,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bɛ̃\. robinet is at rank #10,397, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.bi.nɛ\.
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 15380, this pair ranks #392,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of robin vs robinet
Shared letters: binor. Private to "robin": -. Private to "robinet": et.
"robin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "robinet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "robin" and "robinet" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "robin" vs "robinet" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "robin" and "robinet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "robin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "robinet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "robin" and "robinet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robin vs rôtir". 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 #392,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.