# porta

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #32,128

## Definitions
1. The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.
2. The foramen of Monro.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin porta (“a gate”). See port.

## Easily confused with
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-pot)
- **PTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-pta)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-pra)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-post)
- **pots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-pots)
- **pout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-pout)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-posts)
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-ports)
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-porto)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-potty)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-porte)
- **portal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portal)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-porter)
- **postal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-postal)
- **ported** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-ported)
- **Portia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portia)
- **portray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portray)
- **Portman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portman)
- **portage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portage)
- **poa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poa-vs-porta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oprta`, `porat`, `porrta`, `portta`, `potra`, `pporta`, `prota`

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