portaviones

[poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones]

/[poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones]/ noun

The verdict

“portaviones” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,333 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,333
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navío de guerra de grandes dimensiones, con todo el equipamiento necesario para hacer despegar y aterrizar aviones sobre su cubierta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-portaviones · portaviones · Spanish

portaviones · rank #71,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,333
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH porcinos

Nearest frequency peer: porcinos (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “portaviones”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “portaviones” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for portaviones
PropertyValue
Headwordportaviones
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones]
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,333
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “portaviones” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).portavionescae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “porcinos” (#71,332), “potaje” (#71,334), “pontífices” (#71,331). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “portaviones” va en #71,333. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

portaviones is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,333 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Navío de guerra de grandes dimensiones, con todo el equipamiento necesario para hacer despegar y aterrizar aviones sobre su cubierta.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for portaviones, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is portaviones, spelled P-O-R-T-A-V-I-O-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Navío de guerra de grandes dimensiones, con todo el equipamiento necesario para hacer despegar y aterrizar aviones sobre su cubierta.

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); 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 "portaviones"?
"portaviones" is spelled P-O-R-T-A-V-I-O-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones].
What does "portaviones" mean?
As a noun, "portaviones" means: Navío de guerra de grandes dimensiones, con todo el equipamiento necesario para hacer despegar y aterrizar aviones sobre su cubierta.
How do you pronounce "portaviones"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portaviones" is [poɾt̪aˈβ̞jones]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list