pointeur

\pwɛ̃.tœʁ\

/\pwɛ̃.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pointeur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,475
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artilleur qui pointe le canon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pointeur · pointeur · French

pointeur · rank #26,475 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,475
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plutonium

Nearest frequency peer: plutonium (-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 « pointeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pointeur » 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).

pointeur vs pointu
75% similar
pointeur vs porteur
75% similar
pointeur vs pointus
75% similar

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

Key facts for pointeur
PropertyValue
Headwordpointeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃.tœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,475
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pointeur »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plutonium » (#26,474), « ponctué » (#26,476), « planifiée » (#26,473). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pointeur » est au #26,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pointeur (IPA \pwɛ̃.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,475 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointeur, with forms such as "opinteur", "pionteur", and "poinetur". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pointu", "porteur", "pointus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pointeur, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artilleur qui pointe le canon.
  2. 2
    Variable contenant l'adresse mémoire d’un groupe de données.
  3. 3
    Symbole dans les interfaces graphiques, souvent en forme de flèche, pilotée par un dispositif de pointage (comme une souris).
  4. 4
    est un agresseur sexuel, notamment un pédophile.
  5. 5
    Ouvrier imprimeur chargé du pointage.
  6. 6
    Ouvrier qui façonnait la pointe des aiguilles.
  7. 7
    Personne chargée, lors d’un martelage en équipe, de noter les informations transmises par les appels.
  8. 8
    (Scrutin) Chargé de vérification des votes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un habile pointeur.
  2. Par apposition, Le sous-officier pointeur.

This word in other languages

pointer(English)apuntador(Español)Zeiger(Deutsch)apontador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opinteur
  • pionteur
  • poinetur
  • poinnteur
  • pointeru
  • pointeurr
  • pointteur
  • pointuer
  • poitneur
  • poniteur
  • ppointeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opinteur2pionteur2poinetur2poinnteur1pointeru2pointeurr1pointteur1pointuer2
Edit distance from "pointeur"

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 "pointeur"?
"pointeur" is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃.tœʁ\.
What does "pointeur" mean?
As a noun, "pointeur" means: Artilleur qui pointe le canon.
What words are commonly confused with "pointeur"?
"pointeur" is commonly confused with "pointu", "porteur", "pointus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pointeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pointeur" is \pwɛ̃.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pointeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prendrez#26,481prodigue#26,483Perceval#26,466penguins#26,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ponctué11 variantsprussienne11 variantsmonotone11 variantsremettait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list