ouvre-porte

\uvʁ.pɔʁt\

/\uvʁ.pɔʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“ouvre-porte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif permettant de débloquer ou d’ouvrir un porte à distance, souvent combiné à un interphone ou parlophone, ou à une télécommande.

Key facts for ouvre-porte
PropertyValue
Headwordouvre-porte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\uvʁ.pɔʁt\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ouvre-porte” sits in French frequency

ouvre-porte falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ouvre-porte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \uvʁ.pɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif permettant de débloquer ou d’ouvrir un porte à distance, souvent combiné à un interphone ou parlophone, ou à une télécommande.".

Zero misspellings are on record for ouvre-porte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ouvre-porte, spelled O-U-V-R-E---P-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif permettant de débloquer ou d’ouvrir un porte à distance, souvent combiné à un interphone ou parlophone, ou à une télécommande.

Antonyms

ferme-porte

This word in other languages

door opener(English)Türöffner(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouvre-porte"?
"ouvre-porte" is spelled O-U-V-R-E---P-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \uvʁ.pɔʁt\.
What does "ouvre-porte" mean?
As a noun, "ouvre-porte" means: Dispositif permettant de débloquer ou d’ouvrir un porte à distance, souvent combiné à un interphone ou parlophone, ou à une télécommande.
How do you pronounce "ouvre-porte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouvre-porte" is \uvʁ.pɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouvre-porte" come from?
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Using “ouvre-porte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is O-U-V-R-E---P-O-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \uvʁ.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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list