point de rebroussement
\pwɛ̃ də ʁə.bʁu.smɑ̃\
The verdict
“point de rebroussement” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Point stationnaire d’une courbe où celle-ci admet deux demi-tangentes distinctes ou de « sens » respectifs opposés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point de rebroussement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ də ʁə.bʁu.smɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “point de rebroussement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for point de rebroussement is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛ̃ də ʁə.bʁu.smɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Point stationnaire d’une courbe où celle-ci admet deux demi-tangentes distinctes ou de « sens » respectifs opposés.".
Zero misspellings are on record for point de rebroussement in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is point de rebroussement, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-E- -R-E-B-R-O-U-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Point stationnaire d’une courbe où celle-ci admet deux demi-tangentes distinctes ou de « sens » respectifs opposés.
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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Using “point de rebroussement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-N-T- -D-E- -R-E-B-R-O-U-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.