pointe
/pwæ̃t/
"pointe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pointe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,967
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pointe · pointe · English
pointe · rank #27,967 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,967
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pinching
Nearest frequency peer: pinching (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “pointe”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- piccolo
piccolo
72,038 corpus weight
- piloted
piloted
72,036 corpus weight
- pinching
pinching
72,035 corpus weight
- pointe
pointe
72,034 corpus weight
- Pornhub
Pornhub
72,033 corpus weight
- postponement
postponement
72,032 corpus weight
What this shows “pointe” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pointe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pwæ̃t/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pointe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pointe (IPA /pwæ̃t/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,967 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointe, with forms such as "opinte", "pionte", and "poinet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "print", "Porte", "poise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto. The correct English form is pointe, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pointe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2007: Classical dance manages to get along without too many momentous events shuddering beneath its pointe work. — The Guardian 5th Jan 2007, p. 3
Etymology
From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opinte
- pionte
- poinet
- poinnte
- pointte
- poitne
- ponite
- ppointe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pointe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pointe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).