portafilter
noun
portafilter is spelled P-O-R-T-A-F-I-L-T-E-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, portafilter means “A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of portafilter is portafilters.
How many letters and syllables are in portafilter?
| Letters | 11: P-O-R-T-A-F-I-L-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is portafilter?
Portafilter appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce portafilter?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-portafilter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of portafilter
- portafilters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does portafilter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
- 2
A similar-shaped device but without a bottom opening, used to backflush or clean an espresso machine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does portafilter come from?
Blend of portable + filter, or possibly incompletely calqued from Italian portafiltro "filter-carrier".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).