porte-aéronefs
\pɔʁ.t‿a.e.ʁɔ.nɛf\
The verdict
“porte-aéronefs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bâtiment de combat avec pont d’envol continu et îlot à tribord, capable de mettre en œuvre des avions à décollage et atterrissage courts ou verticaux ainsi que des hélicoptères.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porte-aéronefs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.t‿a.e.ʁɔ.nɛf\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porte-aéronefs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
porte-aéronefs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.t‿a.e.ʁɔ.nɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bâtiment de combat avec pont d’envol continu et îlot à tribord, capable de mettre en œuvre des avions à décollage et atterrissage courts ou verticaux ainsi que des hélicoptères.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porte-aéronefs, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 porte-aéronefs, spelled P-O-R-T-E---A-É-R-O-N-E-F-S.
Definition
- 1Bâtiment de combat avec pont d’envol continu et îlot à tribord, capable de mettre en œuvre des avions à décollage et atterrissage courts ou verticaux ainsi que des hélicoptères.
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.
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Using “porte-aéronefs”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E---A-É-R-O-N-E-F-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁ.t‿a.e.ʁɔ.nɛf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.