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The verdict
“porter” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,025 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,025
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Gepäckträger: Person, die Gepäck oder ähnliche Gegenstände trägt
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for porter is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,025 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for porter, with forms such as "oprter", "poretr", and "porrter". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "power", "Porto", "poste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is porter, spelled P-O-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1der Gepäckträger: Person, die Gepäck oder ähnliche Gegenstände trägt
- 2der Pförtner
- 3der Portier
- 4der Türhüter, der Ostiarier, der Ostiarius
- 5in der Bowlingbranche eine angestellte Person, die Tische abräumt und säubert sowie die Bowlingkugeln wegräumt
- 6starkes, dunkles, dem Stout ähnliches Bier, das ursprünglich von Portieren bevorzugt wurde
- 7in Irland ein anderer Name für ein Stout
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprter,poretr,porrter,porterr,portre,portter,potrer,pporter,proter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “porter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-R-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “power” - see the side-by-side comparison. porter vs power
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.