pointues

/\pwɛ̃.ty\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,331

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

pointues is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de pointu. Pronounced \pwɛ̃.ty\. Often confused with pointus and pointure.

Key facts for pointues
PropertyValue
Headwordpointues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\pwɛ̃.ty\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,331
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pointues is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛ̃.ty\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,331 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de pointu.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for pointues, with forms such as "opintues", "piontues", and "poinntues". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "pointus", "pointure", "pointures", 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 pointues, spelled P-O-I-N-T-U-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de pointu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opintues,piontues,poinntues,pointeus,pointtues,pointuess,pointuse,poinutes,poitnues,ponitues,ppointues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pointues

Misspelling Variants of "pointues"

opintues8piontues8poinntues9pointeus8pointtues9pointuess9pointuse8poinutes8
Misspelling Variants of "pointues"

Frequency rank: #24,331 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pointues"?
"pointues" is spelled P-O-I-N-T-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃.ty\.
What does "pointues" mean?
As an adj, "pointues" means: Féminin pluriel de pointu.
What words are commonly confused with "pointues"?
"pointues" is commonly confused with "pointus", "pointure", "pointures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pointues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pointues" is \pwɛ̃.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pointues" come from?
"pointues" 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.