ort

/[ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]/ prep

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,156

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ort is aSpanishprep. It means: Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular. Pronounced [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]. Often confused with os and oz.

Key facts for ort
PropertyValue
Headwordort
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#43,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ort in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ort is 3 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,156 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ort in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "oz", "ou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ort, spelled O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular.

Frequency rank: #43,156 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ort"?
"ort" is spelled O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ].
What does "ort" mean?
As a prep, "ort" means: Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular.
What words are commonly confused with "ort"?
"ort" is commonly confused with "os", "oz", "ou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ort" is [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ort" come from?
"ort" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.