pointe du jour
The verdict
“pointe du jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pointe-du-jour · pointe du jour · French
pointe du jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | pointe du jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pointe du jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pointe du jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pointe du jour, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pointe du jour, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Le matin, juste avant le lever du soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pointe du jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les laudes se chanteront à la pointe du jour, et on les sonnera, s'il est possible, dès le crépuscule.
Que chacun de vous aille déposer son butin au lieu ordinaire de nos rendez-vous, […]; c’est là qu’à la pointe du jour nous ferons un juste partage entre nos compagnons et nos dignes alliés du produit de ce grand acte de vengeance.
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.