Which to use
“pointée” and “pointue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,528
- “pointée” frequency rank
- #27,913
- “pointue” frequency rank
- 60441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pointée | pointue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de pointé. | Féminin singulier de pointu. |
Where the eye mixes pointée and pointue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pointée and pointue
A purely visual mix-up. pointée (\pwɛ̃.te\) and pointue (\pwɛ̃.ty\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “pointée” becomes u in “pointue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pointée is recorded at frequency rank #32,528, classified as anadj, pronounced \pwɛ̃.te\. pointue is at rank #27,913, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pwɛ̃.ty\.
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 60441, this pair ranks #97,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pointée vs pointue
Shared letters: einopt. Private to "pointée": é. Private to "pointue": u.
"pointée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "pointue" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pointue ← opintue · piontue · poinntue · pointeu · pointtue · poinute · poitnue · ponitue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pointée" and "pointue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pointée" or "pointue" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pointée" and "pointue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pointée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pointée" and "pointue" 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 #97,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.