Porträt

/[pɔʁˈtʁɛː]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,610

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Porträt is aGermannoun. It means: eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes Pronounced [pɔʁˈtʁɛː]. It ranks #8,610 in German word frequency. Often confused with Porträts and porta.

Key facts for Porträt
PropertyValue
HeadwordPorträt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɔʁˈtʁɛː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,610
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Porträt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Porträt is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɔʁˈtʁɛː]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,610 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Porträt, with forms such as "oprträt", "porrträt", and "porrtät". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Porträts", "porta", "Portal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Porträt, spelled P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes
  2. 2
    eine schriftliche Beschreibung einer Person beziehungsweise eines Gegenstandes

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprträt,porrträt,porrtät,portrrät,portrtä,porträtt,portträt,portärt,potrrät,pporträt,proträt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Porträt

Misspelling Variants of "Porträt"

oprträt7porrträt8porrtät7portrrät8portrtä7porträtt8portträt8portärt7
Misspelling Variants of "Porträt"

Frequency rank: #8,610 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Porträt"?
"Porträt" is spelled P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔʁˈtʁɛː].
What does "Porträt" mean?
As a noun, "Porträt" means: eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes
What words are commonly confused with "Porträt"?
"Porträt" is commonly confused with "Porträts", "porta", "Portal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Porträt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Porträt" is [pɔʁˈtʁɛː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Porträt" come from?
"Porträt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.