porte-enseigne
\pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\
The verdict
“porte-enseigne” 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 September 3, 2026) - Porte-drapeau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-enseigne · porte-enseigne · French
porte-enseigne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-enseigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porte-enseigne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porte-enseigne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porte-enseigne, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is porte-enseigne, spelled P-O-R-T-E---E-N-S-E-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Porte-drapeau.
- 2Poisson-cocher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how porte-enseigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lieutenant, le porte-enseigne et le porte-guidon comptaient au nombre des hommes d'armes de la compagnie. Chacun des officiers avait une suite particulière: le capitaine avait huit archers, le lieutenant, quatre les porte-enseigne et porte-guidon chacun deux.
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.