Which to use
“porter” and “porterai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #883
- “porter” frequency rank
- #39,945
- “porterai” frequency rank
- 40828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porter | porterai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Soutenir quelque chose ou quelqu’un. | Première personne du singulier du futur de porter. |
Where the eye mixes porter and porterai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. porter runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against porterai's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: porter vs porterai
A purely visual mix-up. porter (\pɔʁ.te\) and porterai (\pɔʁ.tə.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “porter” sits inside “porterai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porter is recorded at frequency rank #883, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.te\. porterai is at rank #39,945, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.tə.ʁe\.
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 40828, this pair ranks #237,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of porter vs porterai
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "porter": -. Private to "porterai": ai.
"porter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "porterai" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porter" for "porterai" ever safe?
Frequency check: "porter" vs "porterai" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "porter" and "porterai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "porter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porterai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porter" and "porterai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "porterai vs posterai". 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 #237,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.