porte-écharpe
The verdict
“porte-écharpe” 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) - Maire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-echarpe · porte-écharpe · French
porte-écharpe · 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-écharpe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porte-écharpe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porte-écharpe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
porte-écharpe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is porte-écharpe, spelled P-O-R-T-E---É-C-H-A-R-P-E.
Definition
- 1Maire.
- 2Ustensile qui sert à ranger des écharpes.
- 3Abréviation d’écharpe porte-bébé, vêtement destiné à cet usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how porte-écharpe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De son côté, M. le commissaire, non moins formaliste, exige, pour donner son certificat, l’attestation de deux honorables citoyens payant patente. M. de Lamartine, en cette circonstance, ne serait point admis à vous servir de répondant ; l’assistance de votre coiffeur et la bienveillance de votre bottier vous sont infiniment plus précieuse (sic) auprès du…
Ce maire, obscur fonctionnaire, personne ne le connaissait. Comment lui faire confiance ? […]. On ne pouvait pas, raisonnablement, attendre le salut de ce porte-écharpe.
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.