pointe
\pwɛ̃t\
The verdict
“pointe” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,883 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,883
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pointe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pointe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pointe is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,883 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 26 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointe, with forms such as "opinte", "pionte", and "poinet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pont", "pote", "porte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pointe, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit.
- 2Instrument de fer ou d’acier qui servent à différents usages.
- 3Manière d’opérer avec la pointe.
- 4Petit clou long et mince, sans tête ou à tête très petite.
- 5Bout, extrémité des choses qui vont diminuant.
- 6La pointe des pieds.
- 7Pointe de danse, chausson renforcé à l’extrémité, pour danser en pointe.
- 8Espace de terre qui s’avance dans la mer.
- 9Partie d'un territoire qui s'enfonce dans celui d'un pays voisin.
- 10Extrémité de l’aile d’un bataillon.
- 11Une des parties qui forment le bas de l’arçon d’une selle.
- 12L’angle d'un bastion, le plus avancé du côté de la campagne.
- 13Dépassement de courte durée ajoutée à un changement de voltage à sens unique.
- 14Extrémité mobile d’une aiguille ferroviaire.
- 15Partie basse de l’écu.
- 16Nom donné à une pièce triangulaire dont le sommet touche le centre du chef de l’écu et la base occupe un quart de la largeur de l’écu et est centré sur la pointe (sens précédent).
- 17Emplacement d’élément(s) dans l’écu, voir en pointe.
- 18Morceau d’étoffe ou de linge, taillé en pointe, que l’on coud sur les côtés d’une jupe ou d’une chemise de femme, entre le devant et le derrière, pour donner plus de tour, plus d’ampleur au vêtement.
- 19Petite quantité d’un assaisonnement piquant et agréable.
- 20Un peu d'un sentiment.
- 21Trait d’esprit recherché, subtil, piquant.
- 22Vol d’un oiseau de proie qui s’élève vers le ciel.
- 23Fichu en forme de pointe.
- 24Lacet d’un vêtement.
- 25Personne douée dans un ou plusieurs domaines intellectuels.
- 26Accessoire surmontant un casque militaire prussien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opinte,pionte,poinet,poinnte,pointte,poitne,ponite,ppointe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pointe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “pointe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pont” - see the side-by-side comparison. pointe vs pont
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.