point de repère
\pwɛ̃ də ʁə.pɛʁ\
The verdict
“point de repère” 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 3, 2026) - Particularité reconnaissable, naturelle ou non, utilisée pour la navigation, se repérer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-de-repere · point de repère · French
point de repère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 repère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ də ʁə.pɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « point de repère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
point de repère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ də ʁə.pɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
point de repère doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is point de repère, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-E- -R-E-P-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Particularité reconnaissable, naturelle ou non, utilisée pour la navigation, se repérer.
- 2Élément ponctuel identifiable sur une image et matérialisé au sol par un détail naturel ou artificiel.
- 3Point créé par le gestionnaire des réseaux routiers et matérialisé physiquement sur le terrain par des marques peintes associées à des bornes ou des plaquettes dites "PR ".
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.