# pointe

> English word · Noun · IPA /pwæ̃t/ · frequency rank #27,967

## Definitions
1. The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.

## Etymology
From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

## Easily confused with
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-print)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-porte)
- **poise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-poise)
- **ponce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-ponce)
- **Ponte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-ponte)
- **points** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-points)
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-prince)
- **prints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-prints)
- **polite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-polite)
- **pointy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-pointy)
- **pounce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-pounce)
- **pointed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-pointed)
- **printed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-printed)
- **printer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-printer)
- **pointer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-pointer)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pine-vs-pointe)
- **pint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pointe)
- **point** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/point-vs-pointe)
- **paint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pointe)
- **paine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paine-vs-pointe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`opinte`, `pionte`, `poinet`, `poinnte`, `pointte`, `poitne`, `ponite`, `ppointe`

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