point fort
\pwɛ̃ fɔʁ\
The verdict
“point fort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité supérieure de quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-fort · point fort · French
point fort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 fort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “point fort” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
point fort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualité supérieure de quelqu'un.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for point fort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 fort, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Qualité supérieure de quelqu'un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how point fort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La rapière, c’était son point fort, au Riton.
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