mauvais point
\mo.vɛ pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“mauvais 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pénalité distribuée à l’école aux mauvais élèves.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mauvais-point · mauvais point · French
mauvais point · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mauvais point |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.vɛ pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mauvais point is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.vɛ pwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pénalité distribuée à l’école aux mauvais élèves.".
mauvais point has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mauvais point, spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Pénalité distribuée à l’école aux mauvais élèves.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mauvais point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ailleurs, Chalumot finissait par détester ses camarades, tellement leur balourdise, leur platitude, leur lèchecutage, leur constante peur du mauvais point le répugnaient.
(Tache : un mauvais point ; cahier non ouvert à la leçon : un mauvais point ; plumier ne contenant pas les objets nécessaires : un mauvais point. Trois fautes : recopier le devoir ; trois hésitations : leçon non sue. Distraction : un mauvais point ; répondre sans être interrogée ; un mauvais point.)
Antonyms
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.