pointy
/ˈpɔɪnti/
"pointy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pointy” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,175
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pointy · pointy · English
pointy · rank #25,175 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,175
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pneumatic
Nearest frequency peer: pneumatic (-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 “pointy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pia
pia
74,829 corpus weight
- plugging
plugging
74,828 corpus weight
- pneumatic
pneumatic
74,827 corpus weight
- pointy
pointy
74,826 corpus weight
- polyester
polyester
74,825 corpus weight
- polynomial
polynomial
74,824 corpus weight
What this shows “pointy” 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 | pointy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɔɪnti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pointy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pointy (IPA /ˈpɔɪnti/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,175 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointy, with forms such as "opinty", "pionty", and "poinnty". 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, "pony", "print", "potty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From point + -y. The correct English form is pointy, spelled P-O-I-N-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
- 2In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pointy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a pointy sub; a pointy block
Etymology
From point + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opinty
- pionty
- poinnty
- pointty
- pointyy
- poinyt
- poitny
- ponity
- ppointy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pointy - 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 "pointy", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).