Which to use
“porta” is a noun and “posea” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,734
- “porta” frequency rank
- #26,965
- “posea” frequency rank
- 37699
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porta | posea |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de poseer. |
Where the eye mixes porta and posea
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: porta vs posea
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: porta is [ˈpoɾt̪a] while posea is [poˈsea]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37699, 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]. posea is at rank #26,965, tagged as averb, pronounced [poˈsea].
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 37699, this pair ranks #173,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of porta vs posea
Shared letters: aop. Private to "porta": rt. Private to "posea": es.
"porta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "posea" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "porta" and "posea" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "porta" or "posea" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "porta" and "posea" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "porta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posea" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porta" and "posea" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posea vs presea". 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 #173,941 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.