pointer
/ˈpɔɪntə/
The verdict
“pointer” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #72,683 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,683
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ponteiro ou apontador
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pointer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔɪntə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pointer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pointer is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɔɪntə/. Corpus data places it at rank #72,683 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ponteiro ou apontador".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pointer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pointer, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1ponteiro ou apontador
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pointer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-I-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɔɪntə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.