# pinnacle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɪnəkəl/ · frequency rank #16,090

## Definitions
1. The highest point.
2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
3. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
4. An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

## Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnaculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ipnnacle`, `pinacle`, `pinancle`, `pinnaccle`, `pinnacel`, `pinnaclle`, `pinnalce`, `pinncale`, `pninacle`, `ppinnacle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pinnacle