porter une santé

verb

The verdict

“porter une santé” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boire à la santé de quelqu’un, en invitant les cobuveurs présents à en faire autant.

Key facts for porter une santé
PropertyValue
Headwordporter une santé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “porter une santé” sits in French frequency

porter une santé 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for porter une santé is 16 letters long, classified as a verb. 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: "Boire à la santé de quelqu’un, en invitant les cobuveurs présents à en faire autant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for porter une santé in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is porter une santé, spelled P-O-R-T-E-R- -U-N-E- -S-A-N-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boire à la santé de quelqu’un, en invitant les cobuveurs présents à en faire autant.

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 "porter une santé"?
"porter une santé" is spelled P-O-R-T-E-R- -U-N-E- -S-A-N-T-É.
What does "porter une santé" mean?
As a verb, "porter une santé" means: Boire à la santé de quelqu’un, en invitant les cobuveurs présents à en faire autant.
What language does "porter une santé" come from?
"porter une santé" 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 “porter une santé”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E-R- -U-N-E- -S-A-N-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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