Which to use
“Porte” is a name and “ported” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,548
- “Porte” frequency rank
- #27,602
- “ported” frequency rank
- 52150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Porte | ported |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire. | simple past and past participle of port |
Letter map: Porte vs ported
Shared letters muted; letters that set Porte and ported apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Porte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against ported's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Porte and ported
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Porte is aname and portedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Porte” sits inside “ported”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Porte is recorded at frequency rank #24,548, classified as aname. ported is at rank #27,602, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpoɹ.tɪd/.
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 52150, this pair ranks #159,465 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Porte vs ported
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "Porte": -. Private to "ported": d.
"Porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ported" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Porte" and "ported" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Porte" or "ported" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "Porte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ported" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,465 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Porte" and "ported" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Porte vs pyrite". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #159,465 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.