# portion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpoɹʃən/ · frequency rank #2,848

## Definitions
1. An allocated amount.
2. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3. One's fate; lot.
4. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
5. A wife's fortune; a dowry.

## Etymology
From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.

## Easily confused with
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portion-vs-porto)
- **potion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portion-vs-potion)
- **Portman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portion-vs-portman)
- **position** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portion-vs-position)
- **portions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portion-vs-portions)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parton-vs-portion)
- **Portia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portia-vs-portion)
- **portico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/portico-vs-portion)
- **pontoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pontoon-vs-portion)
- **porting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porting-vs-portion)

## Common misspellings (11)
`oprtion`, `poriton`, `porrtion`, `porsion`, `portino`, `portionn`, `portoin`, `porttion`, `potrion`, `pportion`, `protion`

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