pointwise
adjective, adverb
pointwise is spelled P-O-I-N-T-W-I-S-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pointwise means “Occurring or true for each point of a given set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pointwise?
| Letters | 9: P-O-I-N-T-W-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pointwise?
Pointwise appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
What does pointwise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring or true for each point of a given set.
adverb
- 1
In a pointwise manner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pointwise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense occurring at each point:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | point à point |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pointwise come from?
From point + -wise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).