Which to use
“sinon” is a conjunction and “sint” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #640
- “sinon” frequency rank
- #35,277
- “sint” frequency rank
- 35917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sinon | sint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Si ce n’est : si ce qui est énoncé est faux, alors. | Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). |
Where the eye mixes sinon and sint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sinon and sint
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sinon is \si.nɔ̃\ while sint is \sint\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sinon is recorded at frequency rank #640, classified as aconj, pronounced \si.nɔ̃\. 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 35917, this pair ranks #273,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sinon vs sint
Shared letters: ins. Private to "sinon": o. Private to "sint": t.
"sinon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sinon" and "sint" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sinon" or "sint" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sinon" and "sint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sinon" 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 #273,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sinon" and "sint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sind vs sint". 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 #273,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.