portraitsvsPorträtTell them apart

Which to use

“portraits” and “Porträt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,573
“portraits” frequency rank
#8,610
“Porträt” frequency rank
35183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature portraits Porträt
Definition Plural des Substantivs portrait eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes

Letter map: portraits vs Porträt

Shared letters muted; letters that set portraits and Porträt apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

9 ch
portraits
7 ch
Porträt

Corpus notes: portraits and Porträt

portraits and Porträt are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

portraits is recorded at frequency rank #26,573, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Porträt is at rank #8,610, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɔʁˈtʁɛː].

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 35183, this pair ranks #1,646,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of portraits vs Porträt

Shared letters: oprt. Private to "portraits": ais. Private to "Porträt": ä.

"portraits" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCC  ·  "Porträt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • portraitsoprtraits · porrtaits · porrtraits · portarits · portraist · portraitss · portraitts · portratis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "portraits" and "Porträt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "portraits" vs "Porträt" - which ranks higher?
"Porträt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,610 in our German list, against #26,573 for "portraits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "portraits" and "Porträt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "portraits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Porträt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,646,028 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "portraits" and "Porträt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portraits vs puzzles". 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 #1,646,028 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list