porte-enseigne
\pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\
The verdict
“porte-enseigne” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porte-drapeau.
| 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) |
Where “porte-enseigne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for porte-enseigne is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “porte-enseigne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E---E-N-S-E-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁ.t‿ɑ̃.sɛɲ\ (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.