Porto Rico

\pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\

/\pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\/ name

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The verdict

“Porto Rico” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La plus petite et la plus orientale des Grandes Antilles, située entre Hispaniola à l’ouest et les îles Vierges à l’est.

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Index FR-porto-rico · Porto Rico · French

Porto Rico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Porto Rico
PropertyValue
HeadwordPorto Rico
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Porto Rico” sits in French frequency

Porto Rico falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Porto Rico is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Porto Rico doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Porto Rico, spelled P-O-R-T-O- -R-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    La plus petite et la plus orientale des Grandes Antilles, située entre Hispaniola à l’ouest et les îles Vierges à l’est.
  2. 2
    Territoire associé aux États-Unis d’Amérique, occupant la totalité de cette île ainsi que quelques îles voisines plus petites, dont Vieques, Culebra, Culebreta, Mona, Desecheo, et Caja de Muertos.

Synonyms

Grèce des Caraïbes

This word in other languages

Puerto Rico(English)Puerto Rico(Español)Puerto Rico(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Porto Rico"?
"Porto Rico" is spelled P-O-R-T-O- -R-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\.
What does "Porto Rico" mean?
As a proper noun, "Porto Rico" means: La plus petite et la plus orientale des Grandes Antilles, située entre Hispaniola à l’ouest et les îles Vierges à l’est.
How do you pronounce "Porto Rico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Porto Rico" is \pɔʁ.to ʁi.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Porto Rico" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list