pointage

/\pwɛ̃.taʒ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,569

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

pointage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de pointer, de marquer sur une liste, sur un registre les noms des absents, des présents, des votants, etc. Pronounced \pwɛ̃.taʒ\. Often confused with pointe and potage.

Key facts for pointage
PropertyValue
Headwordpointage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃.taʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,569
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pointage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pointage is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛ̃.taʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,569 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for pointage, with forms such as "opintage", "piontage", and "poinatge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pointe", "potage", "portage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pointage, spelled P-O-I-N-T-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de pointer, de marquer sur une liste, sur un registre les noms des absents, des présents, des votants, etc.
  2. 2
    Contrôle du temps de présence des employés dans une administration ou dans une entreprise.
  3. 3
    Marque, décompte des points dans un jeu, une compétition.
  4. 4
    Évaluation d’un bovin ou d’un cheval sur un certain nombre de critères qui entraînent l’attribution de points.
  5. 5
    Action de corriger une plaque-cliché en la rognant référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
  6. 6
    Pointage de souris.
  7. 7
    Action de faire le point, de porter des relèvements sur une carte marine.
  8. 8
    Action de pointer, de diriger une arme à feu, une pièce d’artillerie vers un but donné.
  9. 9
    Action de pointer, de lancer ou faire rouler sa boule le plus près possible du but.
  10. 10
    Première période de fermentation panaire

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opintage,piontage,poinatge,poinntage,pointaeg,pointagge,pointgae,pointtage,poitnage,ponitage,ppointage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pointage

Misspelling Variants of "pointage"

opintage8piontage8poinatge8poinntage9pointaeg8pointagge9pointgae8pointtage9
Misspelling Variants of "pointage"

Frequency rank: #27,569 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pointage"?
"pointage" is spelled P-O-I-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃.taʒ\.
What does "pointage" mean?
As a noun, "pointage" means: Action de pointer, de marquer sur une liste, sur un registre les noms des absents, des présents, des votants, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "pointage"?
"pointage" is commonly confused with "pointe", "potage", "portage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pointage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pointage" is \pwɛ̃.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pointage" come from?
"pointage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.