porte-bagages
\pɔʁt.ba.ɡaʒ\
The verdict
“porte-bagages” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de porte-bagage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-bagages · porte-bagages · French
porte-bagages · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | porte-bagages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁt.ba.ɡaʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
porte-bagages is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁt.ba.ɡaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de porte-bagage.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porte-bagages, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is porte-bagages, spelled P-O-R-T-E---B-A-G-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de porte-bagage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how porte-bagages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle roulait à vive allure avec un paquet marron, ficelé sur son porte-bagages. (revue J’aime lire, nᵒ 363, avril 2007).
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.