Porno

/[ˈpɔʁno]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,065

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Porno is aGermannoun. It means: Medium, das pornografische Inhalte aufweist Pronounced [ˈpɔʁno]. It ranks #4,065 in German word frequency. Often confused with Pro and Porto.

Key facts for Porno
PropertyValue
HeadwordPorno
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɔʁno]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,065
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Porno in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Porno is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɔʁno]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,065 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Medium, das pornografische Inhalte aufweist".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Porno, with forms such as "oprno", "ponro", and "pornno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Pro", "Porto", "porta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Porno, spelled P-O-R-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medium, das pornografische Inhalte aufweist

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprno,ponro,pornno,poron,porrno,pporno,prono

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Porno

Misspelling Variants of "Porno"

oprno5ponro5pornno6poron5porrno6pporno6prono5
Misspelling Variants of "Porno"

Frequency rank: #4,065 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Porno"?
"Porno" is spelled P-O-R-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɔʁno].
What does "Porno" mean?
As a noun, "Porno" means: Medium, das pornografische Inhalte aufweist
What words are commonly confused with "Porno"?
"Porno" is commonly confused with "Pro", "Porto", "porta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Porno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Porno" is [ˈpɔʁno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Porno" come from?
"Porno" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.