point de congélation
\pwɛ̃ də kɔ̃.ʒe.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“point de congélation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide, voire gazeux, à l’état solide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-de-congelation · point de congélation · French
point de congélation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 de congélation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ də kɔ̃.ʒe.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
point de congélation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ də kɔ̃.ʒe.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide, voire gazeux, à l’état solide.".
point de congélation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 point de congélation, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-E- -C-O-N-G-É-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide, voire gazeux, à l’état solide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how point de congélation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’essence de rose est extraite de la fleur par distillation avec de l’eau ou par enfleurage. Cette essence est remarquable par son point de congélation élevé qui est compris entre 14 et 20 degrés.
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.