pointe
/pwɑnt/noun
pointe is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pointe means “The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pointe is pointes.
How many letters and syllables are in pointe?
| Letters | 6: P-O-I-N-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pointe?
Pointe appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pointe?
- UK /pwæ̃t/
- US /pwɑnt/
- US /pɔɪnt/
Pointe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pointe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pointe?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pointe from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pointe
- pointes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pointe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pointe come from?
From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).