Which to use
“porche” and “porte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,109
- “porche” frequency rank
- #284
- “porte” frequency rank
- 19393
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porche | porte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Portique, lieu couvert à l’entrée d’un temple, d’une église, ou même d’un palais. | Ouverture battante dans un mur qui permet d’entrer ou sortir d’un endroit. |
Where the eye mixes porche and porte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: porche vs porte
A purely visual mix-up. porche (\pɔʁʃ\) and porte (\pɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porche is recorded at frequency rank #19,109, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁʃ\. porte is at rank #284, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19393, this pair ranks #373,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porche vs porte
Shared letters: eopr. Private to "porche": ch. Private to "porte": t.
"porche" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "porche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porche" and "porte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porche vs potache". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #373,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.