# portal

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɔːtl̩/ · frequency rank #7,168

## Definitions
1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
3. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
4. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
5. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
6. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
7. A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
8. A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
9. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
10. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
11. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
12. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
13. The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
14. A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

## Etymology
From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

## Easily confused with
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-ports)
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-porto)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-porte)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-porter)
- **postal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-postal)
- **ported** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-ported)
- **Portia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-portia)
- **portray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-portray)
- **Portman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-portman)
- **Portugal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-portugal)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/port-vs-portal)
- **petal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/petal-vs-portal)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portal)
- **partial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partial-vs-portal)
- **portage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portage-vs-portal)
- **portable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portable-vs-portal)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oprtal`, `poratl`, `porrtal`, `portall`, `portla`, `porttal`, `potral`, `pportal`, `protal`

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