bon point
\bɔ̃ pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“bon point” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récompense distribuée à l’école à un bon élève.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bon-point · bon point · French
bon point · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bon point |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bon point » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bon point is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃ pwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bon point, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bon point, spelled B-O-N- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Récompense distribuée à l’école à un bon élève.
- 2Bonne appréciation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bon point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et tu m’as aussi promis un bouquet pour apporter à mademoiselle, quand j’aurai dix bons points.
Elle porte un tablier noir d’institutrice, avec des poches où il y a des bons points, des crayons d’ardoise, de la craie ; ce vêtement à lui seul caractérise mademoiselle et il est comme une partie d’elle-même.
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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.