grand porte-queue
\ɡʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kø\
The verdict
“grand porte-queue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand papillon diurne vivement coloré et pourvu d'une queue aux ailes postérieures (Papilio machaon), répandu dans les trois Amériques et dans pratiquement tout l'hémisphère nord tempéré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grand-porte-queue · grand porte-queue · French
grand porte-queue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | grand porte-queue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kø\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grand porte-queue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grand porte-queue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.kø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand papillon diurne vivement coloré et pourvu d'une queue aux ailes postérieures (Papilio machaon), répandu dans les trois Amériques et dans pratiquement tout l'hémisphère nord tempéré.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grand porte-queue, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grand porte-queue, spelled G-R-A-N-D- -P-O-R-T-E---Q-U-E-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grand papillon diurne vivement coloré et pourvu d'une queue aux ailes postérieures (Papilio machaon), répandu dans les trois Amériques et dans pratiquement tout l'hémisphère nord tempéré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grand porte-queue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis des années, l’expert en entomologie du Jardin botanique de Montréal suit la progression du papillon grand porte-queue, une espèce spectaculaire en raison de sa taille qui peut atteindre 15 centimètres.
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.