portier

/\pɔʁ.tje\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,970

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

portier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Homme dont la profession est de garder une porte d’entrée. Pronounced \pɔʁ.tje\. Often confused with prier and poster.

Key facts for portier
PropertyValue
Headwordportier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.tje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,970
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of portier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for portier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁ.tje\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,970 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for portier, with forms such as "oprtier", "poriter", and "porrtier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prier", "poster", "potter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is portier, spelled P-O-R-T-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme dont la profession est de garder une porte d’entrée.
  2. 2
    Religieux qui a le soin d’ouvrir et de fermer la porte d’un couvent.
  3. 3
    Dispositif qui ouvre ou ferme une porte de façon automatique.
  4. 4
    Gardien de but.
  5. 5
    Concierge, gardien.
  6. 6
    Premier (ou dernier selon le sens) du Klub, 50ᵉ en partant de la fin du classement de sortie.
  7. 7
    Logiciel généralement associé à une ou plusieurs passerelles, qui assure notamment la conversion des adresses et vérifie les autorisations d’accès à un réseau.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprtier,poriter,porrtier,porteir,portierr,portire,porttier,potrier,pportier,protier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for portier

Misspelling Variants of "portier"

oprtier7poriter7porrtier8porteir7portierr8portire7porttier8potrier7
Misspelling Variants of "portier"

Frequency rank: #16,970 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portier"?
"portier" is spelled P-O-R-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.tje\.
What does "portier" mean?
As a noun, "portier" means: Homme dont la profession est de garder une porte d’entrée.
What words are commonly confused with "portier"?
"portier" is commonly confused with "prier", "poster", "potter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portier" is \pɔʁ.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portier" come from?
"portier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.