pointeuse
\pwɛ̃.tøz\
The verdict
“pointeuse” is uncommon French (frequency #90,044 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,044
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Joueuse chargée d’approcher le plus près possible ses boules du but.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pointeuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃.tøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pointeuse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pointeuse is uncommon French at frequency #90,044 among 248,534 “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
- 1Joueuse chargée d’approcher le plus près possible ses boules du but.
- 2Celle qui consigne les résultats des différents compétiteurs.
- 3Celle 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.
- 4Employée chargée du pointage des votes.
- 5Celle qui est chargée de vérifier la présence des employés et de comptabiliser leur temps de travail.
- 6Machine qui permet d’enregistrer le temps de travail d’un salarié.
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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 “pointeuse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-N-T-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwɛ̃.tøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.