Which to use
“port” and “pro” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,913
- “port” frequency rank
- #1,232
- “pro” frequency rank
- 3145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | port | pro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. | An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). |
Where the eye mixes port and pro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. port (/pɔːt/) and pro (/pɹəʊ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
port is recorded at frequency rank #1,913, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɔːt/. pro is at rank #1,232, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɹəʊ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3145, this pair ranks #522,981 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of port vs pro
Shared letters: opr. Private to "port": t. Private to "pro": -.
"port" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pro" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- port ← oprt · porrt · portt · potr · pport