portrait-charge
\pɔʁ.tʁɛ.ʃaʁʒ\
The verdict
“portrait-charge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portrait qui, sans aller jusqu’à la caricature, exagère les imperfections du modèle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-portrait-charge · portrait-charge · French
portrait-charge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portrait-charge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.tʁɛ.ʃaʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « portrait-charge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
portrait-charge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.tʁɛ.ʃaʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Portrait qui, sans aller jusqu’à la caricature, exagère les imperfections du modèle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for portrait-charge in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is portrait-charge, spelled P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T---C-H-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Portrait qui, sans aller jusqu’à la caricature, exagère les imperfections du modèle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how portrait-charge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout se passe comme si La Bruyère, avec son art du portrait-charge, satirique et acerbe, volait à travers les siècles au secours du vaudeville pour le sauver de sa frivolité et de sa superficialité originelles
1504. Musée Mailly. — Collection de 50 portraits-charges des célébrités contemporaines, acteurs et actrices, auteurs dramatiques, etc., etc...
Synonyms
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.