case in point
/keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt/
"case-in-point" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“case in point” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An example that illustrates a point.
Corpus desk
Index EN-case-in-point · case in point · English
case in point · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | case in point |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “case in point” in English
Rare enough to double-check
case in point is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An example that illustrates a point.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for case in point, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is case in point, spelled C-A-S-E- -I-N- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1An example that illustrates a point.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how case in point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But philosophers inform us that old age is apt to revert to the habits of youth, and Sechard senior is a case in point—the older he grew, the better he loved to drink.
The old Ramsgate Harbour station of the one-time South Eastern Railway was a case in point, as also the stations in the Isle of Wight that you name, such as Ventnor West.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.