porte-clef
\pɔʁ.tə.kle\
The verdict
“porte-clef” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de porte-clés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porte-clef |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.tə.kle\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porte-clef” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
porte-clef is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.tə.kle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de porte-clés.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porte-clef, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is porte-clef, spelled P-O-R-T-E---C-L-E-F.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de porte-clés.
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-clef”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E---C-L-E-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁ.tə.kle\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.