Which to use
“porra” and “portão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,128
- “porra” frequency rank
- #5,450
- “portão” frequency rank
- 6578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porra | portão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome antigo de uma clava | porta grande |
Letter map: porra vs portão
Shared letters muted; letters that set porra and portão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. porra 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.
Corpus notes: porra and portão
porra and portão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porra is recorded at frequency rank #1,128, classified as anoun. 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 6578, this pair ranks #67,829 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porra vs portão
Shared letters: opr. Private to "porra": a. Private to "portão": tã.
"porra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "portão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- porra ← oprra · pora · porar · pporra · prora
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porra" for "portão" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "porra" or "portão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "porra" and "portão".
- Full dictionary entry for "porra" 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 #67,829 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porra" and "portão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pola vs porra". 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 #67,829 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.