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 May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “pont suspendu” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “pont suspendu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-N-T- -S-U-S-P-E-N-D-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ̃ sys.pɑ̃.dy\ (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.