point d’appui
\pwɛ̃ d‿a.pɥi\
The verdict
“point d’appui” 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) - Endroit sur lequel un objet ou une action prend appui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-d-appui · point d’appui · French
point d’appui · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point d’appui |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ d‿a.pɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « point d’appui » en français
Rare enough to double-check
point d’appui is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ d‿a.pɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
point d’appui doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is point d’appui, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-’-A-P-P-U-I.
Definition
- 1Endroit sur lequel un objet ou une action prend appui.
- 2Point de canevas utilisé pour effectuer des traitements permettant de corriger les défauts géométriques des images.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how point d’appui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne souffrirais pas qu’on m’y fit le moindre changement, et, si on me le démolissait, je sentirais comme l’effondrement d’un point d’appui que rien ne me revaudrait plus.
La ferme Navarin, les buttes de Souain, du mont Muret, de Tahure et du Mesnil, les villages de Tahure, Ripont, Rouvroy, Cernay-en-Dormois, Servon-Melzicourt, organisés en points d'appui et opiniâtrement défendus par l'ennemi, ont été conquis de haute lutte dans la première journée de la bataille.
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.