porridge

/ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ/

//ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ// noun

The verdict

“porridge” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gachas, cereal cocido en agua o leche de consistencia espesa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-porridge · porridge · Spanish

porridge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for porridge
PropertyValue
Headwordporridge
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “porridge” en español

porridgequeda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porridge is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for porridge, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is porridge, spelled P-O-R-R-I-D-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gachas, cereal cocido en agua o leche de consistencia espesa.
  2. 2
    Una sentencia de ir a prisión.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porridge"?
"porridge" is spelled P-O-R-R-I-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ/.
What does "porridge" mean?
As a noun, "porridge" means: Gachas, cereal cocido en agua o leche de consistencia espesa.
How do you pronounce "porridge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porridge" is /ˈpɒɹ.ɪdʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porridge" come from?
"porridge" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list