porte-chance
\pɔʁt.ʃɑ̃s\
The verdict
“porte-chance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui porte chance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-chance · porte-chance · French
porte-chance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-chance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔʁt.ʃɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
porte-chance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔʁt.ʃɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui porte chance.".
porte-chance has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is porte-chance, spelled P-O-R-T-E---C-H-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Qui porte chance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how porte-chance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils déjeunèrent aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, à Saint-Cloud, dans un « chinois » près de la gare de Lyon, dans une crêperie bretonne de la rue Grégoire-de-Tours, ailleurs encore et n’importe où, au fil du vent, libres comme ces pigeons de rencontre à qui Pat jetait du riz porte-chance.
Synonyms
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.