porter plainte
\pɔʁ.te plɛ̃t\
The verdict
“porter plainte” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porter plainte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.te plɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porter plainte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for porter plainte is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁ.te plɛ̃t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for porter plainte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is porter plainte, spelled P-O-R-T-E-R- -P-L-A-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.
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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 “porter plainte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E-R- -P-L-A-I-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁ.te plɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.