Which to use
“portale” is an adjective and “Portalen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,356
- “portale” frequency rank
- #25,710
- “Portalen” frequency rank
- 44066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portale | Portalen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portal | Dativ Plural des Substantivs Portal |
Where the eye mixes portale and Portalen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. portale runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against Portalen's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: portale vs Portalen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: portale is [pɔʁˈtaːlə] while Portalen is [pɔʁˈtaːlən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “portale” sits inside “Portalen”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portale is recorded at frequency rank #18,356, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɔʁˈtaːlə]. Portalen is at rank #25,710, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɔʁˈtaːlən].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 44066, this pair ranks #1,398,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of portale vs Portalen
Shared letters: aeloprt. Private to "portale": -. Private to "Portalen": n.
"portale" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "Portalen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "portale" for "Portalen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "portale" or "Portalen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "portale" and "Portalen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "portale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Portalen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,398,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portale" and "Portalen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portable vs Portalen". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,398,131 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.