porte tournante
\pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\
The verdict
“porte tournante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porte tournante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porte tournante” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
porte tournante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.".
No misspelling variants are generated for porte tournante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is porte tournante, spelled P-O-R-T-E- -T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.
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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 tournante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E- -T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\ (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.