colon-point
"colon-point" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“colon-point” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colon-point |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colon-point” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for colon-point is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩.".
Zero misspellings are on record for colon-point in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is colon-point, spelled C-O-L-O-N---P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩.
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.
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Using “colon-point”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-O-N---P-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.