poinçonner
\pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne\
The verdict
“poinçonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marquer avec un poinçon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poinconner · poinçonner · French
poinçonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poinçonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poinçonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poinçonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poinçonner has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 poinçonner, spelled P-O-I-N-Ç-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marquer avec un poinçon.
- 2Perforer des billets de chemin de fer, leur faire une marque pour indiquer qu’ils ont été contrôlés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poinçonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les appareils et portions d'appareils non encore soumis à cette formalité sont poinçonnés dès que le destinataire non fabricant ou marchand en a pris possession.
S’ils n’ont accoutumé de poinçonner les marchandises qui sortent, encores que ce soit avec passeport, & avec ces poinçons endommager la marchandise
This word in other languages
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.