Which to use
“vitamine” and “vitrine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,385
- “vitamine” frequency rank
- #9,941
- “vitrine” frequency rank
- 24326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vitamine | vitrine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance existant dans certains aliments, un coenzyme, que l’être humain ou l’animal n’est souvent pas capable de synthétiser, ou en quantité insuffisante, et qui est nécessaire en petite quantité à la croissance, la reproduction et au maintien de l’équilibre vital ou même de la vie. | Devanture vitrée d’une boutique. |
Where the eye mixes vitamine and vitrine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vitamine runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against vitrine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vitamine vs vitrine
A purely visual mix-up. vitamine (\vi.ta.min\) and vitrine (\vi.tʁin\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vitamine is recorded at frequency rank #14,385, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.ta.min\. vitrine is at rank #9,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vi.tʁin\.
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 24326, this pair ranks #347,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vitamine vs vitrine
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "vitamine": am. Private to "vitrine": r.
"vitamine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "vitrine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vitamine" and "vitrine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "vitamine" or "vitrine" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vitamine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vitrine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vitamine" and "vitrine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vitrine vs vitriol". 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 #347,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.