portugaise

\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\

/\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“portugaise” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,832
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété d’huître.

Corpus desk

Index FR-portugaise · portugaise · French

portugaise · rank #11,832 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,832
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pochette

Nearest frequency peer: pochette (-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 « portugaise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « portugaise » 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).

portugaise vs portugaises
91% similar
portugaise vs portugais
90% similar
portugaise vs portuaire
80% similar

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

Key facts for portugaise
PropertyValue
Headwordportugaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,832
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « portugaise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.portugaisese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pochette » (#11,831), « PM » (#11,830), « prescrit » (#11,834). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « portugaise » est au #11,832. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around portugaise (IPA \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,832 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for portugaise, with forms such as "oprtugaise", "porrtugaise", and "portguaise". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "portugaises", "portugais", "portuaire", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is portugaise, spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété d’huître.
  2. 2
    Monnaie d'or fabriquée au Portugal.
  3. 3
    Oreille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était près de midi, à en croire le réveil, quand Justin se réveilla tout à fait, alerté par le cri d’un marchand d’huîtres : « Ma portugaise, ma claire. »
  2. Quelque temps après mon arrivée en France, je jouais avec lui et la duchesse de Beaufort à Fontainebleau ; car il voulait, disait-il, me gagner mes pièces d’or et mes belles portugaises.

Synonyms

esgourdeoreille

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtugaise
  • porrtugaise
  • portguaise
  • porttugaise
  • portuagise
  • portugaies
  • portugaisse
  • portugasie
  • portuggaise
  • portugiase
  • porutgaise
  • potrugaise
  • pportugaise
  • protugaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oprtugaise2porrtugaise1portguaise2porttugaise1portuagise2portugaies2portugaisse1portugasie2
Edit distance from "portugaise"

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 "portugaise"?
"portugaise" is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\.
What does "portugaise" mean?
As a noun, "portugaise" means: Variété d’huître.
What words are commonly confused with "portugaise"?
"portugaise" is commonly confused with "portugaises", "portugais", "portuaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portugaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portugaise" is \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portugaise" come from?
"portugaise" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pèlerinage#11,839paraissait#11,822rejoignent#11,842oppression#11,817

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

jugements14 variantssécuriser14 variantsinscrites14 variantsimbéciles14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list