porte-œufs
\pɔʁ.t‿ø\
The verdict
“porte-œufs” 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) - Présentoir à œufs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porte-ufs · porte-œufs · French
porte-œufs · 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-œufs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.t‿ø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
porte-œufs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.t‿ø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Présentoir à œufs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for porte-œufs, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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-œufs, spelled P-O-R-T-E---Œ-U-F-S.
Definition
- 1Présentoir à œufs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how porte-œufs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fête une dame forte, émue derrière ses lunettes d’or. On lui a offert un porte-œufs en nickel et des violettes.
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.