pointue
\pwɛ̃.ty\
The verdict
“pointue” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,913
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de pointu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pointue · pointue · French
pointue · rank #27,913 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,913
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pointure
Nearest frequency peer: pointure (+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 « pointue »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pignons
pignons
72,091 corpus weight
- planquer
planquer
72,090 corpus weight
- pointue
pointue
72,088 corpus weight
- pointure
pointure
72,087 corpus weight
- pourvue
pourvue
72,086 corpus weight
- poussez
poussez
72,085 corpus weight
What this shows « pointue » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | pointue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃.ty\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pointue »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pointue (IPA \pwɛ̃.ty\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,913 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de pointu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pointue, with forms such as "opintue", "piontue", and "poinntue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ponte", "pointus", "ponctué", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pointue, spelled P-O-I-N-T-U-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de pointu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pointue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les côtes primaires en forme de crêtes saillantes sont encore terminées par une saillie pointue à partir de laquelle elles continuent de se trifurquer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opintue
- piontue
- poinntue
- pointeu
- pointtue
- poinute
- poitnue
- ponitue
- ppointue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pointue - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pointue", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).