Which to use
“shut” is a verb and “sint” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,005
- “shut” frequency rank
- #35,277
- “sint” frequency rank
- 76282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shut | sint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Refermer, fermer ce qui était ouvert, fermer. | Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). |
Letter map: shut vs sint
Shared letters muted; letters that set shut and sint apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. shut (CCVC) and sint (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for shut / sint
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shut is averb and sintapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shut is recorded at frequency rank #41,005, classified as averb. sint is at rank #35,277, tagged as apron, pronounced \sint\.
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 76282, this pair ranks #31,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shut vs sint
Shared letters: st. Private to "shut": hu. Private to "sint": in.
"shut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shut" and "sint" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "shut" or "sint"?
Useful next steps
Pair "shut" vs "sint" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "shut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shut" and "sint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shut vs suu". 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 #31,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.