Which to use
“poings” and “point” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,210
- “poings” frequency rank
- #217
- “point” frequency rank
- 15427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poings | point |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de poing. | Action de piquer dans un tissu avec une aiguille enfilée ou résultat de cette action, piqûre. |
Same sound, different letters: poings vs point
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. poings runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against point's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: poings vs point
This is the hard kind. poings and point are pronounced identically (\pwɛ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poings is recorded at frequency rank #15,210, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃\. point is at rank #217, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15427, this pair ranks #392,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poings vs point
Shared letters: inop. Private to "poings": gs. Private to "point": t.
"poings" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "point" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poings" for "point" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poings" or "point"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "poings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "point" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poings" and "point" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peins vs poings". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #392,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.