portable

Name: portable, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[pɔʁˈtaːblə]

/[pɔʁˈtaːblə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“portable” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,391. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,391
frequency rank, German: 49,534
“P” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

portable vs Portal

63% similar

portable vs portale

88% similar

portable vs Portals

63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for portable
Property	Value
Headword	portable
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[pɔʁˈtaːblə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#48,391
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “portable” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). portable lands here:

#48,391

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around portable (IPA [pɔʁˈtaːblə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,391 among 49,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for portable, with forms such as "oprtable", "poratble", and "porrtable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Portal", "portale", "Portals", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 German form is portable, spelled P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprtable,poratble,porrtable,portabble,portabel,portablle,portalbe,portbale,porttable,potrable,pportable,protable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "portable"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portable"?

"portable" is spelled P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔʁˈtaːblə].

What does "portable" mean?

As an adjective, "portable" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs portabel

What words are commonly confused with "portable"?

"portable" is commonly confused with "Portal", "portale", "Portals". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "portable"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portable" is [pɔʁˈtaːblə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "portable" come from?

"portable" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “portable”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [pɔʁˈtaːblə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Portal” - see the side-by-side comparison. portable vs Portal
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.