# pointy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɔɪnti/ · frequency rank #25,175

## Definitions
1. Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
2. In 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 ->).

## Etymology
From point + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **pony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-pony)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-print)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-potty)
- **Ponte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-ponte)
- **prints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-prints)
- **polity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointy-vs-polity)
- **pity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pity-vs-pointy)
- **pint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pint-vs-pointy)
- **point** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/point-vs-pointy)
- **paint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paint-vs-pointy)
- **pinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinky-vs-pointy)
- **pinto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinto-vs-pointy)
- **piety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pointy)
- **panty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panty-vs-pointy)
- **Pliny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pliny-vs-pointy)
- **Pinoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinoy-vs-pointy)
- **points** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/points-vs-pointy)
- **plenty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-pointy)
- **paints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paints-vs-pointy)
- **pointe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-pointy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`opinty`, `pionty`, `poinnty`, `pointty`, `pointyy`, `poinyt`, `poitny`, `ponity`, `ppointy`

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