porta

Name: porta, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpoɾt̪a]

/[ˈpoɾt̪a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“porta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,734
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada una de las aberturas, a modo de ventanas, que se practican en los costados y en la popa de los buques, para dar luz y ventilación al interior de los mismos, para verificar su carga y descarga ...

Corpus desk

Index ES-porta · porta · Spanish

porta · rank #10,734 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,734
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH podías

Nearest frequency peer: podías (-1 rank slots)

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.

pertinentes

89,271
podías

89,268
porta

89,267
portugueses

89,266
potencialme…

89,265
pozos

89,264

What this shows “porta” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

porta vs pot

60% similar

porta vs puta

60% similar

porta vs post

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for porta
Property	Value
Headword	porta
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈpoɾt̪a]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#10,734
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “porta”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.portacae aquí:

#10,734

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “podías” (#10,733), “portugueses” (#10,735), “potencialmente” (#10,736). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “porta” va en #10,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around porta (IPA [ˈpoɾt̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,734 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for porta, with forms such as "oprta", "porat", and "porrta". 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, "pot", "puta", "post", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is porta, spelled P-O-R-T-A.

Definition

1
Cada una de las aberturas, a modo de ventanas, que se practican en los costados y en la popa de los buques, para dar luz y ventilación al interior de los mismos, para verificar su carga y descarga y muy principalmente para el juego de la artillería.
2
Mandilete.

Synonyms

mandilete

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

oprta
porat
porrta
portta
potra
pporta
prota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "porta"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porta"?

"porta" is spelled P-O-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoɾt̪a].

What does "porta" mean?

As a noun, "porta" means: Cada una de las aberturas, a modo de ventanas, que se practican en los costados y en la popa de los buques, para dar luz y ventilación al interior de los mismos, para verificar su carga y descarga ...

What words are commonly confused with "porta"?

"porta" is commonly confused with "pot", "puta", "post". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "porta"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porta" is [ˈpoɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "porta" come from?

"porta" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "porta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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