porta

//ˈpɔɾ.tɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#832

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

porta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peça de madeira, metal ou vidro usada para fechar o buraco aberto numa construção por onde pessoas passam de um cômodo para outro ou de dentro para fora da construção Pronounced /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/. It ranks #832 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with puta and pote.

Key facts for porta
PropertyValue
Headwordporta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#832
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of porta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for porta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #832 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for porta, with forms such as "oprta", "porat", and "porrta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "pote", "poxa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is porta, spelled P-O-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de madeira, metal ou vidro usada para fechar o buraco aberto numa construção por onde pessoas passam de um cômodo para outro ou de dentro para fora da construção
  2. 2
    peça que permite abrir um compartimento
  3. 3
    pessoa burra, parva, pedra
  4. 4
    num computador, local de comunicação com a rede de telecomunicações
  5. 5
    meio de acesso a algum objetivo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprta,porat,porrta,portta,potra,pporta,prota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for porta

Misspelling Variants of "porta"

oprta5porat5porrta6portta6potra5pporta6prota5
Misspelling Variants of "porta"

Frequency rank: #832 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porta"?
"porta" is spelled P-O-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/.
What does "porta" mean?
As a noun, "porta" means: peça de madeira, metal ou vidro usada para fechar o buraco aberto numa construção por onde pessoas passam de um cômodo para outro ou de dentro para fora da construção
What words are commonly confused with "porta"?
"porta" is commonly confused with "puta", "pote", "poxa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "porta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porta" is /ˈpɔɾ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porta" come from?
"porta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.