Which to use
“pointu” and “pointus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,023
- “pointu” frequency rank
- #25,768
- “pointus” frequency rank
- 43791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pointu | pointus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a une pointe aiguë, qui se termine en pointe. | Masculin pluriel de pointu. |
Same sound, different letters: pointu vs pointus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: pointu vs pointus
This is the hard kind. pointu and pointus are pronounced identically (\pwɛ̃.ty\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “pointu” sits inside “pointus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pointu is recorded at frequency rank #18,023, classified as anadj, pronounced \pwɛ̃.ty\. pointus is at rank #25,768, 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 43791, this pair ranks #215,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pointu vs pointus
Shared letters: inoptu. Private to "pointu": -. Private to "pointus": s.
"pointu" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "pointus" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pointu" and "pointus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pointu" or "pointus"?
What to do next
"pointu" and "pointus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pointu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pointus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pointu" and "pointus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintes vs pointus". 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 #215,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.