portazo
[poɾˈt̪aso]
The verdict
“portazo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,014
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe seco dado con una puerta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-portazo · portazo · Spanish
portazo · rank #41,014 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,014
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Popeye
Nearest frequency peer: Popeye (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “portazo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- poción
poción
58,990 corpus weight
- poligamia
poligamia
58,989 corpus weight
- Popeye
Popeye
58,988 corpus weight
- portazo
portazo
58,987 corpus weight
- posesivo
posesivo
58,986 corpus weight
- postulan
postulan
58,985 corpus weight
What this shows “portazo” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poɾˈt̪aso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “portazo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around portazo (IPA [poɾˈt̪aso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,014 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for portazo, with forms such as "oprtazo", "poratzo", and "porrtazo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "porto", "portero", "porteño", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is portazo, spelled P-O-R-T-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Golpe seco dado con una puerta.
- 2Golpe que da una puerta al cerrarse bruscamente por el viento o una persona.
- 3Acto de cerrar una puerta bruscamente para expresar enfado o desprecio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how portazo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A los hijos del Rey de Francia, nietos de Felipe Igualdad, cañazo limpio; a los de Portugal, contra una esquina; y a todo protestante, un portazo en las narices.
Se oyó cerrar el balcón de golpe; sonaron pasos en el corredor, seguidos de un portazo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oprtazo
- poratzo
- porrtazo
- portaoz
- portazzo
- porttazo
- portzao
- potrazo
- pportazo
- protazo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portazo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "portazo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).