portillons

\pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\

/\pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“portillons” is uncommon French (frequency #93,104 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,104
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de portillon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-portillons · portillons · French

portillons · rank #93,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,104
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pointilleuse

Nearest frequency peer: pointilleuse (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « portillons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « portillons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for portillons
PropertyValue
Headwordportillons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « portillons » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.portillonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pointilleuse » (#93,103), « plaquant » (#93,102), « poupette » (#93,106). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « portillons » est au #93,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

portillons is uncommon French at frequency #93,104 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de portillon.".

Zero misspellings are on record for portillons in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is portillons, spelled P-O-R-T-I-L-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de portillon.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portillons"?
"portillons" is spelled P-O-R-T-I-L-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\.
What does "portillons" mean?
As a noun, "portillons" means: Pluriel de portillon.
How do you pronounce "portillons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portillons" is \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portillons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "portillons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

primevères#93,113profiterez#93,118Pharmaprix#93,088persuadant#93,086

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list