pointe

/\pwɛ̃t\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,883

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pointe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit. Pronounced \pwɛ̃t\. It ranks #1,883 in French word frequency. Often confused with pont and pote.

Key facts for pointe
PropertyValue
Headwordpointe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,883
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pointe is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pointe, with forms such as "opinte", "pionte", and "poinet". 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 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 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 pointe, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit.
  2. 2
    Instrument de fer ou d’acier qui servent à différents usages.
  3. 3
    Manière d’opérer avec la pointe.
  4. 4
    Petit clou long et mince, sans tête ou à tête très petite.
  5. 5
    Bout, extrémité des choses qui vont diminuant.
  6. 6
    La pointe des pieds.
  7. 7
    Pointe de danse, chausson renforcé à l’extrémité, pour danser en pointe.
  8. 8
    Espace de terre qui s’avance dans la mer.
  9. 9
    Partie d'un territoire qui s'enfonce dans celui d'un pays voisin.
  10. 10
    Extrémité de l’aile d’un bataillon.
  11. 11
    Une des parties qui forment le bas de l’arçon d’une selle.
  12. 12
    L’angle d'un bastion, le plus avancé du côté de la campagne.
  13. 13
    Dépassement de courte durée ajoutée à un changement de voltage à sens unique.
  14. 14
    Extrémité mobile d’une aiguille ferroviaire.
  15. 15
    Partie basse de l’écu.
  16. 16
    Nom 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).
  17. 17
    Emplacement d’élément(s) dans l’écu, voir en pointe.
  18. 18
    Morceau 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.
  19. 19
    Petite quantité d’un assaisonnement piquant et agréable.
  20. 20
    Un peu d'un sentiment.
  21. 21
    Trait d’esprit recherché, subtil, piquant.
  22. 22
    Vol d’un oiseau de proie qui s’élève vers le ciel.
  23. 23
    Fichu en forme de pointe.
  24. 24
    Lacet d’un vêtement.
  25. 25
    Personne douée dans un ou plusieurs domaines intellectuels.
  26. 26
    Accessoire surmontant un casque militaire prussien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opinte,pionte,poinet,poinnte,pointte,poitne,ponite,ppointe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pointe

Misspelling Variants of "pointe"

opinte6pionte6poinet6poinnte7pointte7poitne6ponite6ppointe7
Misspelling Variants of "pointe"

Frequency rank: #1,883 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pointe"?
"pointe" is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃t\.
What does "pointe" mean?
As a noun, "pointe" means: Extrémité piquante et aigüe de quelque chose que ce soit.
What words are commonly confused with "pointe"?
"pointe" is commonly confused with "pont", "pote", "porte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pointe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pointe" is \pwɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pointe" come from?
"pointe" 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.