point culminant

\pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\

/\pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Partie la plus élevée d'une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-point-culminant · point culminant · French

point culminant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 culminant
PropertyValue
Headwordpoint culminant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “point culminant” sits in French frequency

point culminant falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

point culminant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for point culminant, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is point culminant, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -C-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie la plus élevée d'une chose.
  2. 2
    La plus grande hauteur d'un astre au-dessus de l’horizon.
  3. 3
    Le point où une chaîne de montagnes est le plus élevée.
  4. 4
    Le plus haut degré d'une chose.
  5. 5
    Point dans le temps et l’espace atteint par l’attaquant ou le défenseur à partir duquel ses objectifs militaires ne peuvent être accomplis et ses efforts continus pour les atteindre accroissent les risques d’échec voire de défaite. Note : notion popularisée d’après les écrits du stratège militaire Carl von Clausewitz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La route que nous suivons est d'abord une belle avenue d’eucalyptus traversant des champs de céréales et montant doucement jusqu'à son point culminant, à 620 mètres.
  2. Le point culminant de l’Indre est Pouligny-Notre-Dame, à 459 mètres d'altitude. Vous vous souvenez ? Les origines les plus anciennes de mon arbre généalogique sont enracinées justement à Pouligny-Notre-Dame, c'est pourquoi j'ai souvent pensé que ma famille voulait prendre de la hauteur sur le reste du monde berrichon.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "point culminant"?
"point culminant" is spelled P-O-I-N-T- -C-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\.
What does "point culminant" mean?
As a noun, "point culminant" means: Partie la plus élevée d'une chose.
How do you pronounce "point culminant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "point culminant" is \pwɛ̃ kyl.mi.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "point culminant" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list