point commun
\pwɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“point commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractéristique ou propriété commune à deux choses distinctes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-commun · point commun · French
point commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
point commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractéristique ou propriété commune à deux choses distinctes.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for point commun in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is point commun, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Caractéristique ou propriété commune à deux choses distinctes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how point commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois nouveaux courants, fort opposés, s'imposent : l’épicurisme, le stoïcisme et le scepticisme ; leur point commun est l'attention accordée aux questions éthiques, au point que le savoir lui-même se laisse subordonner à cette visée.
Néanmoins, j'ai également constaté des points communs entre le militantisme des membres de ces deux organisations et le militantisme décrit par Jacques Ion. En particulier, l'un des principaux points communs est certainement celui portant sur la critique de la démocratie représentative et l'affirmation de l'expression de soi.
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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.