Puerto Rican
/ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/
"puerto-rican" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Puerto Rican” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person from Puerto Rico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puerto Rican |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Puerto Rican” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Puerto Rican is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person from Puerto Rico.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Puerto Rican in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Puerto Rico + -an. The correct English form is Puerto Rican, spelled P-U-E-R-T-O- -R-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person from Puerto Rico.
Etymology
From Puerto Rico + -an.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Puerto Rican”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-E-R-T-O- -R-I-C-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.