Which to use
“sint” is a pronoun and “st” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,277
- “sint” frequency rank
- #1,190
- “st” frequency rank
- 36467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sint | st |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). | Symbole de la stère. |
Letter map: sint vs st
Shared letters muted; letters that set sint and st apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sint / st
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is apronoun and stasymbol. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36467, 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\. st is at rank #1,190, tagged as asymbol.
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 36467, this pair ranks #269,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sint vs st
Shared letters: st. Private to "sint": in. Private to "st": -.
"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "st" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sint ← isnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sint" and "st" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sint" or "st" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "sint" vs "st" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "st" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,388 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sint" and "st" 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 #269,388 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.