portées

\pɔʁ.te\

/\pɔʁ.te\/ adj

The verdict

“portées” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,881
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de porté.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

portées vs potes
71% similar
portées vs ports
71% similar
portées vs porter
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for portées
PropertyValue
Headwordportées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔʁ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,881
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “portées” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). portées lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around portées (IPA \pɔʁ.te\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,881 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de porté.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for portées, with forms such as "oprtées", "porrtées", and "portees". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "potes", "ports", "porter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is portées, spelled P-O-R-T-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de porté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtées
  • porrtées
  • portees
  • porteés
  • porttées
  • portéess
  • portése
  • porétes
  • potrées
  • pportées
  • protées

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portées - 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.

oprtées2porrtées1portees1porteés2porttées1portéess1portése2porétes2
Edit distance from "portées"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portées"?
"portées" is spelled P-O-R-T-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.te\.
What does "portées" mean?
As an adjective, "portées" means: Féminin pluriel de porté.
What words are commonly confused with "portées"?
"portées" is commonly confused with "potes", "ports", "porter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portées" is \pɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portées" come from?
"portées" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “portées”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-É-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɔʁ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “potes” - see the side-by-side comparison. portées vs potes
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list