portraiture
/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/noun
portraiture is spelled P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T-U-R-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, portraiture means “A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of portraiture is portraitures.
How many letters and syllables are in portraiture?
| Letters | 11: P-O-R-T-R-A-I-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th 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 portraiture?
Portraiture appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 portraiture?
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of portraiture
- portraitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does portraiture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
- 2
The art of painting or photographing portraits.
- 3
A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does portraiture come from?
From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).