point volant
\pwɛ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“point volant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de point médian.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-volant · point volant · French
point volant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 volant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
point volant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de point médian.".
Zero misspellings are on record for point volant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is point volant, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -V-O-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de point médian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how point volant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le signe le plus fréquent est, pour les documents médiévaux, le point volant (·) qui segmente la phrase et encadre les chiffres romains.
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.