tripoint
/ˈtɹaɪˌpɔɪnt/
"tripoint" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tripoint” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a point at which three borders meet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tripoint · tripoint · English
tripoint · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tripoint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪˌpɔɪnt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tripoint” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tripoint is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹaɪˌpɔɪnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a point at which three borders meet.".
tripoint has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tri- + point. The correct English form is tripoint, spelled T-R-I-P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1a point at which three borders meet.
Etymology
From tri- + point.
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.