mot porte-manteau
\mo pɔʁt.mɑ̃.to\
The verdict
“mot porte-manteau” 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) - Amalgame de mots qui n’en forment plus qu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mot-porte-manteau · mot porte-manteau · French
mot porte-manteau · 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 "M" 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 | mot porte-manteau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo pɔʁt.mɑ̃.to\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mot porte-manteau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo pɔʁt.mɑ̃.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amalgame de mots qui n’en forment plus qu'un.".
mot porte-manteau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mot porte-manteau, spelled M-O-T- -P-O-R-T-E---M-A-N-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Amalgame de mots qui n’en forment plus qu'un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mot porte-manteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Escrotale" est un mot porte-manteau : la charnière est "-cro-" ; ordiphone n'en est pas un : il n'y a pas de charnière.
Parabole est un mot portemanteau la charnière est "ab" et le mot est parole.
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.