# portage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #29,043

## Definitions
1. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
2. The route used for such carrying.
3. A charge made for carrying something.
4. Carrying capacity; tonnage.
5. The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
6. A porthole.

## Etymology
From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.

## Easily confused with
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portage-vs-porte)
- **portal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portage-vs-portal)
- **postage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portage-vs-postage)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portage)
- **partake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partake-vs-portage)
- **portable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portable-vs-portage)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oprtage`, `poratge`, `porrtage`, `portaeg`, `portagge`, `portgae`, `porttage`, `potrage`, `pportage`, `protage`

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