portada

/poʁˈta.dɐ/

//poʁˈta.dɐ// noun

The verdict

“portada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,033 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,033
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande porta, geralmente ornamentada

Corpus desk

Index PT-portada · portada · Portuguese

portada · rank #75,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,033
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH postiço

Nearest frequency peer: postiço (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “portada”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “portada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for portada
PropertyValue
Headwordportada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/poʁˈta.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “portada” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).portadacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “postiço” (#75,037), “preceder” (#75,038), “plateau” (#75,024). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “portada” fica em #75,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

portada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,033 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /poʁˈta.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for portada in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is portada, spelled P-O-R-T-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande porta, geralmente ornamentada
  2. 2
    página de rosto ilustrada de um livro
  3. 3
    a fachada principal de uma construção

Synonyms

portalpórticofrontispício

This word in other languages

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "portada"?
"portada" is spelled P-O-R-T-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /poʁˈta.dɐ/.
What does "portada" mean?
As a noun, "portada" means: grande porta, geralmente ornamentada
How do you pronounce "portada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "portada" is /poʁˈta.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "portada" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list