horloge pointeuse
\ɔʁ.lɔʒ pwɛ̃.tøz\
The verdict
“horloge pointeuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Appareil disposé à l’entrée des entreprises en vue du contrôle du temps de présence du personnel astreint au pointage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horloge pointeuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.lɔʒ pwɛ̃.tøz\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horloge pointeuse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
horloge pointeuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.lɔʒ pwɛ̃.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil disposé à l’entrée des entreprises en vue du contrôle du temps de présence du personnel astreint au pointage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for horloge pointeuse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is horloge pointeuse, spelled H-O-R-L-O-G-E- -P-O-I-N-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil disposé à l’entrée des entreprises en vue du contrôle du temps de présence du personnel astreint au pointage.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “horloge pointeuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-L-O-G-E- -P-O-I-N-T-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔʁ.lɔʒ pwɛ̃.tøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.