rond-point
\ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“rond-point” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de grande place circulaire à laquelle aboutissent plusieurs voies de circulation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rond-point |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rond-point” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rond-point is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rond-point, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rond-point, spelled R-O-N-D---P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Sorte de grande place circulaire à laquelle aboutissent plusieurs voies de circulation.
- 2Intersection en anneau de type carrefour giratoire par sa forme et/ou éventuellement par sa réglementation dont le centre n’est pas accessible aux véhicules motorisés automobiles.
- 3Partie demi-circulaire qui termine généralement le fond d’une église et délimite l’abside.
- 4Allée de circulation formant un cercle.
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 “rond-point”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-N-D---P-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.