puerta

/[ˈpweɾt̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#755

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

puerta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Abertura practicada en una construcción, vehículo u otro objeto, por la cual se accede y abandona el mismo. Pronounced [ˈpweɾt̪a]. It ranks #755 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with puta and pura.

Key facts for puerta
PropertyValue
Headwordpuerta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpweɾt̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#755
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of puerta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for puerta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpweɾt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #755 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for puerta, with forms such as "peurta", "ppuerta", and "puerat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "pura", "punta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is puerta, spelled P-U-E-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abertura practicada en una construcción, vehículo u otro objeto, por la cual se accede y abandona el mismo.
  2. 2
    Armazón o estructura que, colocada en esta abertura, impide el paso.
  3. 3
    Meta que el deportista o un objeto deben atravesar para el desarrollo del juego.
  4. 4
    En general, vía de entrada o acceso a alguna cosa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: peurta,ppuerta,puerat,puerrta,puertta,puetra,pureta,uperta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for puerta

Misspelling Variants of "puerta"

peurta6ppuerta7puerat6puerrta7puertta7puetra6pureta6uperta6
Misspelling Variants of "puerta"

Frequency rank: #755 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puerta"?
"puerta" is spelled P-U-E-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpweɾt̪a].
What does "puerta" mean?
As a noun, "puerta" means: Abertura practicada en una construcción, vehículo u otro objeto, por la cual se accede y abandona el mismo.
What words are commonly confused with "puerta"?
"puerta" is commonly confused with "puta", "pura", "punta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "puerta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puerta" is [ˈpweɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puerta" come from?
"puerta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.