pont suspendu
\pɔ̃ sys.pɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“pont suspendu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pont qui ne repose pas sur des piles et dont le tablier est suspendu au-dessus de l’eau par le moyen de chaînes ou de câbles d’acier tendus de l’une à l’autre rive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pont-suspendu · pont suspendu · French
pont suspendu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | pont suspendu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃ sys.pɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pont suspendu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pont suspendu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃ sys.pɑ̃.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pont qui ne repose pas sur des piles et dont le tablier est suspendu au-dessus de l’eau par le moyen de chaînes ou de câbles d’acier tendus de l’une à l’autre rive.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pont suspendu in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pont suspendu, spelled P-O-N-T- -S-U-S-P-E-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1Pont qui ne repose pas sur des piles et dont le tablier est suspendu au-dessus de l’eau par le moyen de chaînes ou de câbles d’acier tendus de l’une à l’autre rive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pont suspendu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’aéronat asiatique avait abandonné sa position au-dessus du pont suspendu, et planait immobile sur la cité.
Nous passons sous le pont suspendu de Brooklyn et devant Manhattan et ses gratte-ciel, et ma dernière vision de New-York me laisse une impression de ville monstrueuse et titanesque.
This word in other languages
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.