Which to use
“pointage” is a noun and “pointée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,569
- “pointage” frequency rank
- #32,528
- “pointée” frequency rank
- 60097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pointage | pointée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de pointer, de marquer sur une liste, sur un registre les noms des absents, des présents, des votants, etc. | Féminin singulier de pointé. |
Where the eye mixes pointage and pointée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pointage vs pointée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pointage is \pwɛ̃.taʒ\ while pointée is \pwɛ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pointage is recorded at frequency rank #27,569, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwɛ̃.taʒ\. pointée is at rank #32,528, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pwɛ̃.te\.
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 60097, this pair ranks #99,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pointage vs pointée
Shared letters: einopt. Private to "pointage": ag. Private to "pointée": é.
"pointage" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "pointée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pointage ← opintage · piontage · poinatge · poinntage · pointaeg · pointagge · pointgae · pointtage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pointage" and "pointée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pointage" vs "pointée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pointage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pointage" and "pointée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pointée vs pontet". 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 #99,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.