# portraiture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #35,885

## Definitions
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).

## Etymology
From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

## Common misspellings (16)
`oprtraiture`, `porrtaiture`, `porrtraiture`, `portariture`, `portraitrue`, `portraitture`, `portraituer`, `portraiturre`, `portraiutre`, `portratiure`, `portriature`, `portrraiture`, `porttraiture`, `potrraiture`, `pportraiture`, `protraiture`

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