portillon

/\pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,521

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

portillon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite porte. Pronounced \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\. Often confused with portion.

Key facts for portillon
PropertyValue
Headwordportillon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,521
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of portillon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for portillon is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #47,521 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for portillon, with forms such as "oprtillon", "poritllon", and "porrtillon". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "portion", 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 French form is portillon, spelled P-O-R-T-I-L-L-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite porte.
  2. 2
    Petite porte à claire-voie qui, placée à côté de la barrière d’un passage à niveau, permet aux piétons de traverser la voie du chemin de fer.
  3. 3
    Système de contrôle d'accès à un transport en commun qui empêche les personnes sans billet de passer.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprtillon,poritllon,porrtillon,portillno,portillonn,portiloln,portilon,portlilon,porttillon,potrillon,pportillon,protillon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for portillon

Misspelling Variants of "portillon"

oprtillon9poritllon9porrtillon10portillno9portillonn10portiloln9portilon8portlilon9
Misspelling Variants of "portillon"

Frequency rank: #47,521 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portillon"?
"portillon" is spelled P-O-R-T-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\.
What does "portillon" mean?
As a noun, "portillon" means: Petite porte.
What words are commonly confused with "portillon"?
"portillon" is commonly confused with "portion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portillon" is \pɔʁ.ti.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portillon" come from?
"portillon" is a French 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.