portuaire

\pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\

/\pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“portuaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,286
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doté d'un port.

Corpus desk

Index FR-portuaire · portuaire · French

portuaire · rank #18,286 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,286
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH polie

Nearest frequency peer: polie (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « portuaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « portuaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

portuaire vs portugaise
80% similar
portuaire vs portuaires
90% similar

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

Key facts for portuaire
PropertyValue
Headwordportuaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,286
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « portuaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).portuairese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « polie » (#18,285), « praticien » (#18,287), « poignets » (#18,284). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « portuaire » est au #18,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around portuaire (IPA \pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,286 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for portuaire, with forms such as "oprtuaire", "porrtuaire", and "portauire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "portugaise", "portuaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is portuaire, spelled P-O-R-T-U-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doté d'un port.
  2. 2
    Relatif à un port, aux ports.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how portuaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le Havre est une ville portuaire.
  2. En juillet 2018, l’armateur MSC a décidé d’abandonner le port de Bordeaux pour privilégier le rail faute d’infrastructures portuaires jugées satisfaisantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtuaire
  • porrtuaire
  • portauire
  • porttuaire
  • portuaier
  • portuairre
  • portuarie
  • portuiare
  • porutaire
  • potruaire
  • pportuaire
  • protuaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portuaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oprtuaire2porrtuaire1portauire2porttuaire1portuaier2portuairre1portuarie2portuiare2
Edit distance from "portuaire"

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 "portuaire"?
"portuaire" is spelled P-O-R-T-U-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\.
What does "portuaire" mean?
As an adjective, "portuaire" means: Doté d'un port.
What words are commonly confused with "portuaire"?
"portuaire" is commonly confused with "portugaise", "portuaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portuaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portuaire" is \pɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portuaire" come from?
"portuaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "portuaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

praticien#18,287poignardé#18,283perturbée#18,277rectangle#18,300

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

poignets12 variantsnautiques12 variantsmotrices12 variantsmesurant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list