# Portia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɔː.ʃə/ · frequency rank #33,798

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin.
2. The seventh satellite of the planet Uranus.

## Etymology
From Latin Porcia, a feminine form of the gens name Porcius (the gens of the Cato the Elder and his famous descendants), from porcus (“pig”). The moon is named for the character in The Merchant of Venice.

## Easily confused with
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-ports)
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-porto)
- **Praia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-praia)
- **portion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-portion)
- **portray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-portray)
- **Portman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-portman)
- **portico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-portico)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-porting)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/port-vs-portia)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porte-vs-portia)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porta-vs-portia)
- **parti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parti-vs-portia)
- **portal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portal-vs-portia)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porter-vs-portia)
- **poetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetic-vs-portia)
- **Persia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persia-vs-portia)
- **Peoria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peoria-vs-portia)
- **ported** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ported-vs-portia)
- **partial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partial-vs-portia)
- **Pontiac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pontiac-vs-portia)

## Common misspellings (8)
`oprtia`, `porita`, `porrtia`, `portai`, `porttia`, `potria`, `pportia`, `protia`

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