porchevsporteTell them apart

Which to use

“porche” and “porte” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,405
“porche” frequency rank
#12,449
“porte” frequency rank
37854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature porche porte
Definition Entrada a un edificio o zona lateral del mismo cubierta por una techumbre adosada a él. Acción de portear.

Where the eye mixes porche and porte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. porche runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against porte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
porche
5 ch
porte

Look-alike desk: porche vs porte

A purely visual mix-up. porche ([ˈpoɾt͡ʃe]) and porte ([ˈpoɾt̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

porche is recorded at frequency rank #25,405, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɾt͡ʃe]. porte is at rank #12,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɾt̪e].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37854, this pair ranks #173,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of porche vs porte

Shared letters: eopr. Private to "porche": ch. Private to "porte": t.

"porche" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • porche ← oprche · pocrhe · porcche · porceh · porchhe · porhce · porrche · pporche
  • porte ← oprte · poret · porrte · portte · potre · pporte · prote

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "porche" for "porte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpoɾt͡ʃe] versus [ˈpoɾt̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "porche" or "porte"?
"porte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,449 in our Spanish list, against #25,405 for "porche". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "porche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "porte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #173,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "porche" and "porte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parce vs porche". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #173,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list