portatifs
\pɔʁ.ta.tif\
The verdict
“portatifs” is uncommon French (frequency #58,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,176
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de portatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-portatifs · portatifs · French
portatifs · rank #58,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,176
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH populi
Nearest frequency peer: populi (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « portatifs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pondérer
pondérer
41,828 corpus weight
- populi
populi
41,826 corpus weight
- portatifs
portatifs
41,825 corpus weight
- poserais
poserais
41,824 corpus weight
- premi
premi
41,823 corpus weight
- priverait
priverait
41,822 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « portatifs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portatifs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.ta.tif\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « portatifs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
portatifs is uncommon French at frequency #58,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔʁ.ta.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de portatif.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for portatifs, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is portatifs, spelled P-O-R-T-A-T-I-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de portatif.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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