poroto
[poˈɾot̪o]
The verdict
“poroto” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #44,380 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,380
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Planta herbácea anual de la familia de la fabáceas, originaria de América. Sus hojas están compuestas por tres foliolos de forma ovalada o romboide, algunas veces cubiertos ...
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 | poroto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈɾot̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poroto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for poroto is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈɾot̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,380 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for poroto, with forms such as "poroot", "porotto", and "porroto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "port", "poto", "porto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is poroto, spelled P-O-R-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Planta herbácea anual de la familia de la fabáceas, originaria de América. Sus hojas están compuestas por tres foliolos de forma ovalada o romboide, algunas veces cubiertos de vellosidades. tallos delgados, las flores son zigomorfas, con colores que varían del blanco al púrpura. El fruto es una vaina o legumbre con varias semillas en su interior. Tanto el fruto como la semilla son comestibles.
- 2La semilla comestible de la planta de poroto₁, con dos grandes cotiledones de forma arriñonada y color muy variable.
- 3Guiso preparado con esta legumbre o con sus semillas cocidas.
- 4Niño pequeño.
- 5Pequeño bulto anómalo en el cuerpo, que se puede palpar o que resalta bajo la piel, tal como un grano, un quiste o un tumorcillo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: poroot,porotto,porroto,portoo,pporoto,prooto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poroto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “poroto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-R-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poˈɾot̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “port” - see the side-by-side comparison. poroto vs port
- 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.