signe de ponctuation
\siɲ də pɔ̃k.tɥa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“signe de ponctuation” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe graphique non alphabétique faisant partie du système de ponctuation, utilisé pour rendre la lecture plus facile et plus claire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signe de ponctuation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siɲ də pɔ̃k.tɥa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “signe de ponctuation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for signe de ponctuation is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \siɲ də pɔ̃k.tɥa.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Signe graphique non alphabétique faisant partie du système de ponctuation, utilisé pour rendre la lecture plus facile et plus claire.".
signe de ponctuation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is signe de ponctuation, spelled S-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -P-O-N-C-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Signe graphique non alphabétique faisant partie du système de ponctuation, utilisé pour rendre la lecture plus facile et plus claire.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -P-O-N-C-T-U-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.