Porträt

[pɔʁˈtʁɛː]

/[pɔʁˈtʁɛː]/ noun

The verdict

“Porträt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,610
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Darstellung einer Person, meist in Form eines Gemäldes

Corpus desk

Index DE-portrat · Porträt · German

Porträt · rank #8,610 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,610
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pm

Nearest frequency peer: pm (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Porträt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Porträt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Porträt vs Porträts
88% similar
Porträt vs porta
43% similar
Porträt vs Portal
57% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Porträt“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Porträtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „pm“ (#8,609), „prime“ (#8,611), „Periode“ (#8,608). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Porträt“ bei #8,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Porträt (IPA [pɔʁˈtʁɛː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,610 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Porträt, with forms such as "oprträt", "porrträt", and "porrtät". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Porträt, spelled P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Porträt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Absicht eines Porträts ist, das Wesen, beziehungsweise die Persönlichkeit der porträtierten Person zum Ausdruck zu bringen.“ - Wikipedia.de
  2. „Das Vorhandensein des Porträts störte mich mehr als das Vorhandensein des Porträtierten.“

Synonyms

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This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprträt
  • porrträt
  • porrtät
  • portrrät
  • portrtä
  • porträtt
  • portträt
  • portärt
  • potrrät
  • pporträt
  • proträt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Porträt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oprträt2porrträt1porrtät2portrrät1portrtä2porträtt1portträt1portärt2
Edit distance from "Porträt"

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 "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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list