Which to use
“vingts” and “vins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,732
- “vingts” frequency rank
- #3,370
- “vins” frequency rank
- 26102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vingts | vins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de vingt. Note d’usage : Aujourd’hui il est utilisé seulement dans quatre-vingts, mais il était plus commun comme l’Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts à Paris. | Pluriel de vin. |
Same sound, different letters: vingts vs vins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. vingts runs 6 letters (CVCCCC) against vins's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vingts vs vins
This is the hard kind. vingts and vins are pronounced identically (\vɛ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vingts is recorded at frequency rank #22,732, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛ̃\. vins is at rank #3,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɛ̃\.
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 26102, this pair ranks #337,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vingts vs vins
Shared letters: insv. Private to "vingts": gt. Private to "vins": -.
"vingts" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC · "vins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vingts" for "vins" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "vingts" or "vins" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "vingts" / "vins". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vingts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vingts" and "vins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vains vs vingts". 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 #337,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.