cale porte

\kal pɔʁt\

/\kal pɔʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“cale porte” 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) - Objet destiné à être posé au sol contre une porte afin d'éviter qu'elle bouge, à cause des courants d'air ou d'un ferme-porte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cale-porte · cale porte · French

cale porte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for cale porte
PropertyValue
Headwordcale porte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal pɔʁt\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cale porte » en français

cale portesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cale porte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal pɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objet destiné à être posé au sol contre une porte afin d'éviter qu'elle bouge, à cause des courants d'air ou d'un ferme-porte.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cale porte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cale porte, spelled C-A-L-E- -P-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet destiné à être posé au sol contre une porte afin d'éviter qu'elle bouge, à cause des courants d'air ou d'un ferme-porte.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cale porte"?
"cale porte" is spelled C-A-L-E- -P-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kal pɔʁt\.
What does "cale porte" mean?
As a noun, "cale porte" means: Objet destiné à être posé au sol contre une porte afin d'éviter qu'elle bouge, à cause des courants d'air ou d'un ferme-porte.
How do you pronounce "cale porte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cale porte" is \kal pɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cale porte" come from?
"cale porte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list