portugaises
\pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\
The verdict
“portugaises” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,298 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #28,298
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de portugais.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portugaises |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “portugaises” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for portugaises is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,298 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Féminin 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.
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.
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Using “portugaises”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “portugais” - see the side-by-side comparison. portugaises vs portugais
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.