rond-point
\ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\
The verdict
“rond-point” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de grande place circulaire à laquelle aboutissent plusieurs voies de circulation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rond-point · rond-point · French
rond-point · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rond-point |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rond-point is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.pwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rond-point appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux vieillards, attirés l’un vers l’autre par une sympathie ou par une curiosité mutuelle, se rencontrèrent au milieu de la vaste cour d’honneur, à un rond-point où croissaient quelques touffes d’herbes entre les pavés.
Dans le centre d’un rond-point ombreux qui élargissait la route, la tête de la procession fit halte à six pas du Roi.
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.