portugaises

\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\

/\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\/ adj

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The verdict

“portugaises” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,298
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de portugais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-portugaises · portugaises · French

portugaises · rank #28,298 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,298
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portuaires

Nearest frequency peer: portuaires (-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 « portugaises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « portugaises » 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).

portugaises vs portugais
82% similar
portugaises vs portugaise
91% similar
portugaises vs portuaires
82% similar

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

Key facts for portugaises
PropertyValue
Headwordportugaises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,298
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « portugaises »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).portugaisesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portuaires » (#28,297), « program » (#28,299), « politicienne » (#28,296). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « portugaises » est au #28,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around portugaises (IPA \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,298 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de portugais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for portugaises, with forms such as "oprtugaises", "porrtugaises", and "portguaises". 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, "portugais", "portugaise", "portuaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is portugaises, spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de portugais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtugaises
  • porrtugaises
  • portguaises
  • porttugaises
  • portuagises
  • portugaiess
  • portugaisess
  • portugaisses
  • portugasies
  • portuggaises
  • portugiases
  • porutgaises
  • potrugaises
  • pportugaises
  • protugaises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portugaises - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oprtugaises2porrtugaises1portguaises2porttugaises1portuagises2portugaiess2portugaisess1portugaisses1
Edit distance from "portugaises"

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 "portugaises"?
"portugaises" is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\.
What does "portugaises" mean?
As an adjective, "portugaises" means: Féminin pluriel de portugais.
What words are commonly confused with "portugaises"?
"portugaises" is commonly confused with "portugais", "portugaise", "portuaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "portugaises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portugaises" 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 "portugaises" come from?
"portugaises" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

politicienne15 variantsprotégeait15 variantspréparons15 variantsreflétant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list