turned point
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turned point |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “turned point” in English
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
- 1Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turned point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The turned point (·, e.g. 3·5 ; used as decimal mark in England)
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.