turned point

noun

"turned-point" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“turned 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
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.

Corpus desk

Index EN-turned-point · turned point · English

turned point · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for turned point
PropertyValue
Headwordturned point
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “turned point” in English

turned pointfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

turned point is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for turned 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is turned point, spelled T-U-R-N-E-D- -P-O-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The turned point (·, e.g. 3·5 ; used as decimal mark in England)
  2. With a view of cheapening the cost of printing mathematical equations, and with a view to facilitating the reproduction of mathematical equations on the typewriter, the Concret Institute have recently suggested that those writers who employ :−(1) The high point as the decimal separatrix (example 3⋅7 = 3 + seven-tenths); (2) the middle point as the sign of…

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 "turned point"?
"turned point" is spelled T-U-R-N-E-D- -P-O-I-N-T.
What does "turned point" mean?
As a noun, "turned point" means: Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
What language does "turned point" come from?
"turned point" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list