porte

[pɔʁt]

/[pɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“porte” is uncommon German (frequency #52,331 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,331
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Tür

Corpus desk

Index DE-porte · porte · German

porte · rank #52,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,331
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH polnisches

Nearest frequency peer: polnisches (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „porte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „porte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for porte
PropertyValue
Headwordporte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɔʁt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „porte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).portefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „polnisches“ (#52,330), „PPS“ (#52,332), „Polizistinnen“ (#52,329). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „porte“ bei #52,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porte is uncommon German at frequency #52,331 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for porte, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is porte, spelled P-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Tür
  2. 2
    das Tor

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 "porte"?
"porte" is spelled P-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔʁt].
What does "porte" mean?
As a noun, "porte" means: die Tür
How do you pronounce "porte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porte" is [pɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porte" come from?
"porte" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pesos#52,323Peres#52,320passé#52,317nähme#52,304

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list