porteur de bidons

\pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\

/\pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cycliste dont le rôle est d’aider son leader notamment en lui apportant des bidons durant la course.

Key facts for porteur de bidons
PropertyValue
Headwordporteur de bidons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “porteur de bidons” sits in French frequency

porteur de bidons 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

porteur de bidons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cycliste dont le rôle est d’aider son leader notamment en lui apportant des bidons durant la course.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for porteur de bidons, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is porteur de bidons, spelled P-O-R-T-E-U-R- -D-E- -B-I-D-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cycliste dont le rôle est d’aider son leader notamment en lui apportant des bidons durant la course.

Synonyms

porteur d’eaudomestiquegregario

This word in other languages

water boy(English)

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 "porteur de bidons"?
"porteur de bidons" is spelled P-O-R-T-E-U-R- -D-E- -B-I-D-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\.
What does "porteur de bidons" mean?
As a noun, "porteur de bidons" means: Cycliste dont le rôle est d’aider son leader notamment en lui apportant des bidons durant la course.
How do you pronounce "porteur de bidons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porteur de bidons" is \pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porteur de bidons" come from?
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Using “porteur de bidons”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-E-U-R- -D-E- -B-I-D-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɔʁ.tœʁ də bi.dɔ̃\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list