hors de portée
The verdict
“hors de portée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inatteignable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hors-de-portee · hors de portée · French
hors de portée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hors de portée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hors de portée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hors de portée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inatteignable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hors de portée, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hors de portée, spelled H-O-R-S- -D-E- -P-O-R-T-É-E.
Definition
- 1Inatteignable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hors de portée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gabriel se raidit, sa Winchester était hors de portée. Il fit dériver lentement sa main droite vers la poche de sa soutane, celle qui dissimulait son revolver.
Puis, soudain, il fit signe aux quelques individus qui musaient dans la cabane et alentour de se retirer hors de portée des voix.
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.