portón
[poɾˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“portón” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,795
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aumentativo de puerta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-porton · portón · Spanish
portón · rank #21,795 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,795
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH pobladas
Nearest frequency peer: pobladas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “portón”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- platicar
platicar
78,209 corpus weight
- pobladas
pobladas
78,207 corpus weight
- portón
portón
78,206 corpus weight
- praxis
praxis
78,205 corpus weight
- presentimie…
presentimiento
78,203 corpus weight
- president
president
78,202 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “portón” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | portón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poɾˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “portón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around portón (IPA [poɾˈt̪õn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,795 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for portón, with forms such as "oprtón", "porrtón", and "portnó". 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, "poto", "portones", "port", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 portón, spelled P-O-R-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Aumentativo de puerta.
- 2Puerta que divide el zaguán de lo demás de la casa.
- 3Puerta ancha que da a la calle, y que da acceso a un terreno o propiedad privada.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oprtón
- porrtón
- portnó
- porttón
- portónn
- porótn
- potrón
- pportón
- protón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portón - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "portón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.