fourth point of contact

noun

"fourth-point-of-contact" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fourth point of contact” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ass (buttocks or anus).

Corpus desk

Index EN-fourth-point-of-contact · fourth point of contact · English

fourth point of contact · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for fourth point of contact
PropertyValue
Headwordfourth point of contact
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fourth point of contact” in English

fourth point of contactranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fourth point of contact is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ass (buttocks or anus).".

fourth point of contact has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From military jargon: the fourth point of the body to make contact with the ground when correctly performing a parachute landing fall. The correct English form is fourth point of contact, spelled F-O-U-R-T-H- -P-O-I-N-T- -O-F- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The ass (buttocks or anus).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fourth point of contact appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "I don't know if it was because of me or because he'd finally pulled his head out of his fourth point of contact and realized, Hey, it's not really such a bad thing after all."
  2. It may take him until the morning to get his head out of his fourth point of contact and get here, but he won't be able to stand the thought of letting two of his knuckleheads get along without his magnanimous personality.

Etymology

From military jargon: the fourth point of the body to make contact with the ground when correctly performing a parachute landing fall.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fourth point of contact"?
"fourth point of contact" is spelled F-O-U-R-T-H- -P-O-I-N-T- -O-F- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
What does "fourth point of contact" mean?
As a noun, "fourth point of contact" means: The ass (buttocks or anus).
What is the origin of the word "fourth point of contact"?
From military jargon: the fourth point of the body to make contact with the ground when correctly performing a parachute landing fall. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list