foutre à la porte
\futʁ‿a la pɔʁt\
The verdict
“foutre à la porte” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire sortir, chasser, virer quelqu’un de quelque part.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foutre à la porte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \futʁ‿a la pɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foutre à la porte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for foutre à la porte is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \futʁ‿a la pɔʁt\. 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: "Faire sortir, chasser, virer quelqu’un de quelque part.".
foutre à la porte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is foutre à la porte, spelled F-O-U-T-R-E- -À- -L-A- -P-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Faire sortir, chasser, virer quelqu’un de quelque part.
Synonyms
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 “foutre à la porte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-U-T-R-E- -À- -L-A- -P-O-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \futʁ‿a la pɔʁt\ (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.