porte
\pɔʁt\
The verdict
“porte” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #284 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #284
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ouverture battante dans un mur qui permet d’entrer ou sortir d’un endroit.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for porte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁt\. Corpus data places it at rank #284 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for porte, with forms such as "oprte", "poret", and "porrte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "pot", "pose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is porte, spelled P-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Ouverture battante dans un mur qui permet d’entrer ou sortir d’un endroit.
- 2Élément qui ferme certains meubles ou certaines constructions servant à divers usages.
- 3Ouverture permettant le passage dans l’enceinte d'une ville ; accès à cette ville souvent fortifié et défendu dans une muraille.
- 4Tout passage d’un lieu ou d’une situation, à un autre.
- 5Espace entre deux piquets lors d’un slalom.
- 6Gorge ; défilé.
- 7Signal permettant de sélectionner les parties d’une onde au cours d’un ou plusieurs intervalles de temps.
- 8Sorte de petit anneau où l’on fait entrer le crochet d’une agrafe et qui sert à la retenir.
- 9Unité de base d’une fonction logique combinatoire.
- 10Lieu d’entrée ou de sortie d’un territoire.
- 11Territoire proche ; se rapporte à un événement proche de chez soi.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprte,poret,porrte,portte,potre,pporte,prote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “porte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pré” - see the side-by-side comparison. porte vs pré
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.