porte-pipe
\pɔʁ.tə.pip\
The verdict
“porte-pipe” 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) - Celui qui porte le calumet, dans certains rituels.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-pipe · porte-pipe · French
porte-pipe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-pipe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.tə.pip\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porte-pipe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porte-pipe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.tə.pip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for porte-pipe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is porte-pipe, spelled P-O-R-T-E---P-I-P-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui porte le calumet, dans certains rituels.
- 2Petit meuble pour poser ses pipes.
- 3Bouche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how porte-pipe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès que les chefs furent réunis autour du feu du conseil, le porte-pipe entra dans le cercle, tenant le calumet tout allumé, il s’inclina vers les quatre points cardinaux en murmurant une courte prière, puis il présenta le calumet au chef le plus âgé, …
– Qu’est-ce qu’i m’a mis dans le porte-pipe… Oh ! là là.
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.