ort
[ɔɾˠt̪ˠ]
The verdict
“ort” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #43,156 in Spanish word frequency and used as a preposition.
- #43,156
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ort |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #43,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ort” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ort is 3 letters long, classified as a preposition, 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.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "oz", "ou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ort, spelled O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Forma combinada de la preposición ar y el pronombre personal de segunda persona singular.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔɾˠt̪ˠ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. ort vs os
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.