point du jour
\pwɛ̃ dy ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“point du jour” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point du jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ dy ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “point du jour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for point du jour is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛ̃ dy ʒuʁ\. 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: "Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.".
Zero misspellings are on record for point du jour in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is point du jour, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
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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 du jour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-N-T- -D-U- -J-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwɛ̃ dy ʒuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.