portaria
/puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/
The verdict
“portaria” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,389 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,389
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - entrada de um estabelecimento, seja comercial ou residencial ou condomínio, onde se recepciona pessoas, carros e/ou cargas; as entradas podem ou não ser controladas; pode ou não haver a presença de...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portaria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “portaria” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for portaria is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,389 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for portaria, with forms such as "oprtaria", "poratria", and "porrtaria". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "portátil", "portuário", "porcaria", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is portaria, spelled P-O-R-T-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1entrada de um estabelecimento, seja comercial ou residencial ou condomínio, onde se recepciona pessoas, carros e/ou cargas; as entradas podem ou não ser controladas; pode ou não haver a presença de câmeras e/ou seguranças
- 2documento legal de uma autoridade com instruções acerca da aplicação de certas leis
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprtaria,poratria,porrtaria,portaira,portarai,portarria,portraia,porttaria,potraria,pportaria,protaria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of portaria - 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.
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.
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Using “portaria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-R-T-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “portátil” - see the side-by-side comparison. portaria vs portátil
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.