Which to use
“porta” and “portón” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,734
- “porta” frequency rank
- #21,795
- “portón” frequency rank
- 32529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porta | portón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cada una de las aberturas, a modo de ventanas, que se practican en los costados y en la popa de los buques, para dar luz y ventilación al interior de los mismos, para verificar su carga y descarga y muy principalmente para el juego de la artillería. | Aumentativo de puerta. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set porta and portón apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. porta ([ˈpoɾt̪a]) and portón ([poɾˈt̪õn]) 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 32529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porta is recorded at frequency rank #10,734, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɾt̪a]. portón is at rank #21,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced [poɾˈt̪õn].
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 32529, this pair ranks #201,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of porta vs portón
Shared letters: oprt. Private to "porta": a. Private to "portón": nó.
"porta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "portón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- porta ← oprta · porat · porrta · portta · potra · pporta · prota