point haut
\pwɛ̃ o\
The verdict
“point haut” 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 May 6, 2026) - Signe de ponctuation du grec ancien et du grec moderne ; représenté par le caractère Unicode ano teleia · U+0387 ou le caractère Unicode point médian · U+00B7.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point haut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ o\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “point haut” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
point haut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe de ponctuation du grec ancien et du grec moderne ; représenté par le caractère Unicode ano teleia · U+0387 ou le caractère Unicode point médian · U+00B7.".
point haut doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is point haut, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Signe de ponctuation du grec ancien et du grec moderne ; représenté par le caractère Unicode ano teleia · U+0387 ou le caractère Unicode point médian · U+00B7.
Synonyms
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 haut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-N-T- -H-A-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwɛ̃ o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.