Which to use
“parto” and “portão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,925
- “parto” frequency rank
- #5,450
- “portão” frequency rank
- 9375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parto | portão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato de dar à luz, o ato de parir | porta grande |
Where the eye mixes parto and portão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. parto runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against portão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: parto vs portão
A purely visual mix-up. parto (/ˈpaɾ.tu/) and portão (/puɾ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parto is recorded at frequency rank #3,925, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.tu/. portão is at rank #5,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 9375, this pair ranks #64,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parto vs portão
Shared letters: oprt. Private to "parto": a. Private to "portão": ã.
"parto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "portão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- parto ← aprto · parot · parrto · partto · patro · pparto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parto" and "portão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "parto" or "portão"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "parto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parto" and "portão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parto vs Pluto". 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 #64,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.