mise au point
\mi.z‿o.pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“mise au 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) - Action de mettre au point, d’amener à l’état voulu ou prévu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mise-au-point · mise au point · French
mise au 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 | mise au point |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.z‿o.pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mise au point » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mise au point is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.z‿o.pwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mise au point in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mise au point, spelled M-I-S-E- -A-U- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de mettre au point, d’amener à l’état voulu ou prévu.
- 2Action de mettre au point, d’augmenter ou de diminuer le tirage de l’objectif, de manière que l’image soit le plus nette possible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mise au point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais si vous êtes soigneux et que vous procédez de façon intelligente au moment de la mise au point, […], vous pourrez sans doute un jour réaliser vous-même un amplificateur de 100 W et le régler avec un simple multimètre.
La mise au point et la vitesse de l’obturateur (qu'on placera de préférence près de la plaque) se détermineront par quelques essais préalables; s'il y avait surexposition avec la vitesse la plus grande, on diaphragmerait tout simplement.
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.