Which to use
“sint” is a pronoun and “sixte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,277
- “sint” frequency rank
- #35,729
- “sixte” frequency rank
- 71006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sint | sixte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). | Intervalle de six notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes. |
Where the eye mixes sint and sixte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sint runs 4 letters (CVCC) against sixte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sint vs sixte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sint is \sint\ while sixte is \sikst\. 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 (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sint is recorded at frequency rank #35,277, classified as apron, pronounced \sint\. sixte is at rank #35,729, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sikst\.
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 71006, this pair ranks #49,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sint vs sixte
Shared letters: ist. Private to "sint": n. Private to "sixte": ex.
"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "sixte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sint" and "sixte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sint" or "sixte"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sint" and "sixte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sixte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sint" and "sixte" 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 #49,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.