pórfido
[ˈpoɾfið̞o]
The verdict
“pórfido” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roca compacta y dura, formada por una sustancia amorfa, ordinariamente de color oscuro y con cristales de feldespato y cuarzo. Es muy estimada para decoración de edificios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-porfido · pórfido · Spanish
pórfido · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pórfido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpoɾfið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pórfido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pórfido is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpoɾfið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roca compacta y dura, formada por una sustancia amorfa, ordinariamente de color oscuro y con cristales de feldespato y cuarzo. Es muy estimada para decoración de edificios.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pórfido in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pórfido, spelled P-Ó-R-F-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Roca compacta y dura, formada por una sustancia amorfa, ordinariamente de color oscuro y con cristales de feldespato y cuarzo. Es muy estimada para decoración de edificios.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pórfido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Los estudios efectuados, alentados por la peculiar fisonomía de la zona, que denunciaban la presencia en la superficie de pórfido dacítico, despertó en su momento el interés prospectivo de los geólogos».
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.