point of departure
"point-of-departure" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“point of departure” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of starting point.
Corpus desk
Index EN-point-of-departure · point of departure · English
point of departure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | point of departure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “point of departure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
point of departure is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
point of departure has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is point of departure, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -O-F- -D-E-P-A-R-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of starting point.
- 2of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to
- 3a dosage level at which additional administration of an agent significantly loses its efficacy
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how point of departure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the point of departure is Hong Kong International Airport.
[…] so “going back to the way things were” is not a useful point of departure.
This word in other languages
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.