Which to use
“poings” and “points” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,210
- “poings” frequency rank
- #494
- “points” frequency rank
- 15704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poings | points |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de poing. | Pluriel de point. |
Same sound, different letters: poings vs points
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. poings and points follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: poings vs points
This is the hard kind. poings and points 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 a single letter - g in “poings” becomes t in “points”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15704, 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\. points is at rank #494, 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 15704, this pair ranks #391,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poings vs points
Shared letters: inops. Private to "poings": g. Private to "points": t.
"poings" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "points" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poings" and "points" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "poings" or "points" show up more?
Useful next steps
"poings" and "points" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "poings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "points" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poings" and "points" 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 #391,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.