point chaud

\pwɛ̃ ʃo\

/\pwɛ̃ ʃo\/ noun

The verdict

“point chaud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zone hypothétique de formation de magma située au sein du manteau d'une planète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-point-chaud · point chaud · French

point chaud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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.

Key facts for point chaud
PropertyValue
Headwordpoint chaud
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃ ʃo\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « point chaud » en français

point chaudsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

point chaud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for point chaud, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 point chaud, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -C-H-A-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zone hypothétique de formation de magma située au sein du manteau d'une planète.
  2. 2
    Endroit où la température est particulièrement élevée par rapport à ce qui l'entoure.
  3. 3
    Lieu de vives tensions

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how point chaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Leurs quatre enfants & dix petits-enfants les ont connus à des époques diverses coupées les unes des autres comme les différentes îles des Galapagos, nées du même point chaud, lui échappent par le glissement tectoniquequi les fait dériver.
  2. Les grands géologues que sont Tuzo Wilson et Jason Morgan avaient compris, dès les années 1960, que les « points chauds » d’Hawaï et de la Réunion correspondent à l’émergence en surface de panaches de matière chaude remontant du manteau, à plusieurs centaines de kilomètres de profondeur, et peut-être même de la limite entre manteau et noyau.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "point chaud"?
"point chaud" is spelled P-O-I-N-T- -C-H-A-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃ ʃo\.
What does "point chaud" mean?
As a noun, "point chaud" means: Zone hypothétique de formation de magma située au sein du manteau d'une planète.
How do you pronounce "point chaud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "point chaud" is \pwɛ̃ ʃo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "point chaud" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list