autopont
\o.to.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“autopont” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pont enjambant un carrefour ou un axe plutôt encombré d’ordinaire et permettant à la circulation sur un axe privilégié et majoritairement chargé de s’écouler sans avoir à subir les arrêts (feux tri...
Corpus desk
Index FR-autopont · autopont · French
autopont · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | autopont |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.to.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autopont » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autopont is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.to.pɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pont enjambant un carrefour ou un axe plutôt encombré d’ordinaire et permettant à la circulation sur un axe privilégié et majoritairement chargé de s’écouler sans avoir à subir les arrêts (feux tri...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for autopont, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is autopont, spelled A-U-T-O-P-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Pont enjambant un carrefour ou un axe plutôt encombré d’ordinaire et permettant à la circulation sur un axe privilégié et majoritairement chargé de s’écouler sans avoir à subir les arrêts (feux tricolores ou stop) d’un carrefour classique. — (Wikipédia).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how autopont appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ben ouais, reprit-il, on avait invité les clochards de l’autopont.
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.