# Porte vs pout

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Porte
*name · frequency rank #24,548*
The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

### pout
*verb · IPA /paʊt/ · frequency rank #35,889*
To push out one's lips.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porte-vs-pout