mot-portemanteau
\mo.pɔʁ.tmɑ̃.to\
The verdict
“mot-portemanteau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - variante orthographique de mot porte-manteau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mot-portemanteau · mot-portemanteau · French
mot-portemanteau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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-portemanteau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.pɔʁ.tmɑ̃.to\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mot-portemanteau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.pɔʁ.tmɑ̃.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "variante orthographique de mot porte-manteau.".
mot-portemanteau doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mot-portemanteau, spelled M-O-T---P-O-R-T-E-M-A-N-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1variante orthographique de mot porte-manteau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mot-portemanteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu’est-ce qu’un mot-valise, que l’on appelle aussi mot-portemanteau depuis Lewis Carroll et son roman De l’autre côté du miroir (1871)?
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.