porte-épée
\pɔʁ.te.pe\
The verdict
“porte-épée” 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 September 3, 2026) - Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe qu’on attache à la ceinture ou au baudrier pour porter l’épée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-epee · porte-épée · French
porte-épée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-épée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.te.pe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porte-épée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porte-épée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.te.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe qu’on attache à la ceinture ou au baudrier pour porter l’épée.".
porte-épée has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is porte-épée, spelled P-O-R-T-E---É-P-É-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe qu’on attache à la ceinture ou au baudrier pour porter l’épée.
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.