Which to use
“pointues” and “pointus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,331
- “pointues” frequency rank
- #25,768
- “pointus” frequency rank
- 50099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pointues | pointus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de pointu. | Masculin pluriel de pointu. |
Same sound, different letters: pointues vs pointus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - pointues / pointus
This is the hard kind. pointues 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pointues is recorded at frequency rank #24,331, 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 50099, this pair ranks #165,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pointues vs pointus
Shared letters: inopstu. Private to "pointues": e. Private to "pointus": -.
"pointues" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "pointus" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pointues" and "pointus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pointues" vs "pointus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "pointues" / "pointus". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "pointues" 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 #165,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pointues" and "pointus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs pointues". 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 #165,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.