# porridge

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #25,178

## Definitions
1. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
2. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
3. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
4. A prison sentence.
5. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

## Etymology
Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

## Easily confused with
- **partridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partridge-vs-porridge)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oprridge`, `poridge`, `porirdge`, `porrdige`, `porriddge`, `porrideg`, `porridgge`, `porrigde`, `pporridge`, `proridge`

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