pointeuse

\pwɛ̃.tøz\

/\pwɛ̃.tøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“pointeuse” is uncommon French (frequency #90,044 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,044
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joueuse chargée d’approcher le plus près possible ses boules du but.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pointeuse · pointeuse · French

pointeuse · rank #90,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,044
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Poletti

Nearest frequency peer: Poletti (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pointeuse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pointeuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pointeuse
PropertyValue
Headwordpointeuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃.tøz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pointeuse » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pointeusetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Poletti » (#90,045), « pollo » (#90,046), « Plougastel » (#90,041). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pointeuse » est au #90,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pointeuse is uncommon French at frequency #90,044 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pointeuse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pointeuse, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joueuse chargée d’approcher le plus près possible ses boules du but.
  2. 2
    Celle qui consigne les résultats des différents compétiteurs.
  3. 3
    Celle qui est chargée de l’évaluation d’un bovin ou d’un cheval sur un certain nombre de critères qui entraînent l’attribution de points.
  4. 4
    Employée chargée du pointage des votes.
  5. 5
    Celle qui est chargée de vérifier la présence des employés et de comptabiliser leur temps de travail.
  6. 6
    Machine qui permet d’enregistrer le temps de travail d’un salarié.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au salon de l'agriculture, Marie Erard, du lycée agricole de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, a remporté le concours national, meilleure pointeuse, de la race Prim'Holstein.
  2. L’instauration de ces nouveaux horaires s’est accompagnée de la mise en place de pointeuses dans chaque atelier de l’usine et de l’obligation, pour les ouvriers de pointer en début et en fin de poste.

Synonyms

horloge pointeusebadgeur

This word in other languages

timesheet(English)Stechuhr(Deutsch)

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 "pointeuse"?
"pointeuse" is spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃.tøz\.
What does "pointeuse" mean?
As a noun, "pointeuse" means: Joueuse chargée d’approcher le plus près possible ses boules du but.
How do you pronounce "pointeuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pointeuse" is \pwɛ̃.tøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pointeuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

planchent#90,035pinailler#90,031pillèrent#90,030pretendre#90,059

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list