portador

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“portador” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,676
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o que traz ou leva

Corpus desk

Index PT-portador · portador · Portuguese

portador · rank #14,676 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,676
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH policiamento

Nearest frequency peer: policiamento (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “portador”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “portador” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

portador vs portão
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for portador
PropertyValue
Headwordportador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,676
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “portador”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).portadorcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “policiamento” (#14,675), “posicionar” (#14,677), “polar” (#14,674). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “portador” fica em #14,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around portador, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,676 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for portador, with forms such as "oprtador", "poratdor", and "porrtador". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "portão", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is portador, spelled P-O-R-T-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    o que traz ou leva
  2. 2
    pessoa ou animal que sofre de uma doença infecciosa, não-infecciosa adquirida ou de origem inata

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how portador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Como mineiro, trabalhou num tempo em que as normas de resguardo da saúde do trabalhador não eram tão evoluídas. E se tornou mais um entre muitos portadores de silicose.
  2. Ela era uma portadora de uma síndrome rara e desconhecida da maioria até então.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprtador
  • poratdor
  • porrtador
  • portaddor
  • portadorr
  • portadro
  • portaodr
  • portdaor
  • porttador
  • potrador
  • pportador
  • protador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portador - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oprtador2poratdor2porrtador1portaddor1portadorr1portadro2portaodr2portdaor2
Edit distance from "portador"

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 "portador"?
"portador" is spelled P-O-R-T-A-D-O-R.
What does "portador" mean?
As a noun, "portador" means: o que traz ou leva
What words are commonly confused with "portador"?
"portador" is commonly confused with "portão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "portador" come from?
"portador" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pulmonar#14,688subsídio#14,723inerente#14,616imitação#14,613

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

seriedade12 variantsesquisito12 variantsdesgosto12 variantsburguesia12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list