poigne

\pwaɲ\

/\pwaɲ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poigne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,255
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La force du poignet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poigne · poigne · French

poigne · rank #34,255 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,255
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pluviales

Nearest frequency peer: pluviales (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « poigne »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « poigne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poigne vs point
67% similar
poigne vs poing
67% similar
poigne vs poire
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poigne
PropertyValue
Headwordpoigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwaɲ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,255
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poigne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).poignese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pluviales » (#34,254), « poireau » (#34,256), « Plenel » (#34,253). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poigne » est au #34,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poigne (IPA \pwaɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,255 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poigne, with forms such as "opigne", "piogne", and "pogine". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "point", "poing", "poire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poigne, spelled P-O-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    La force du poignet.
  2. 2
    Vigueur dans le caractère, dans les actes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how poigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cet homme a de la poigne, Il a le poignet vigoureux.
  2. La poigne du policier s’était abattue sur l’épaule du Roi du crime. Fantômas n’avait pas eu un tressaillement.

This word in other languages

Griff(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opigne
  • piogne
  • pogine
  • poigen
  • poiggne
  • poignne
  • poinge
  • ppoigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poigne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opigne2piogne2pogine2poigen2poiggne1poignne1poinge2ppoigne1
Edit distance from "poigne"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poigne"?
"poigne" is spelled P-O-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pwaɲ\.
What does "poigne" mean?
As a noun, "poigne" means: La force du poignet.
What words are commonly confused with "poigne"?
"poigne" is commonly confused with "point", "poing", "poire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poigne" is \pwaɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poigne" come from?
"poigne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poigne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Plenel#34,253poutou#34,261Primat#34,263panini#34,233

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

poireau8 variantsNagano8 variantsmytho8 variantsSardou8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list