porte-poisse

\pɔʁ.tə.pwas\

/\pɔʁ.tə.pwas\/ noun

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The verdict

“porte-poisse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui provoque la malchance, qui porte malheur.

Key facts for porte-poisse
PropertyValue
Headwordporte-poisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.tə.pwas\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “porte-poisse” sits in French frequency

porte-poisse falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porte-poisse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.tə.pwas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui provoque la malchance, qui porte malheur.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for porte-poisse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is porte-poisse, spelled P-O-R-T-E---P-O-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui provoque la malchance, qui porte malheur.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porte-poisse"?
"porte-poisse" is spelled P-O-R-T-E---P-O-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.tə.pwas\.
What does "porte-poisse" mean?
As a noun, "porte-poisse" means: Personne qui provoque la malchance, qui porte malheur.
How do you pronounce "porte-poisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porte-poisse" is \pɔʁ.tə.pwas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porte-poisse" come from?
"porte-poisse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “porte-poisse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E---P-O-I-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɔʁ.tə.pwas\ (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list