porno
/ˈpɔːnəʊ/adjective, noun
porno is spelled P-O-R-N-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, porno means “Pornographic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in porno?
| Letters | 5: P-O-R-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is porno?
Porno appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce porno?
- UK /ˈpɔːnəʊ/
Porno has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-porno.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of porno
- pornos plural
- porn-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does porno mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalPornographic.
That's a porno film.
noun
- 1
informalPornography.
- 2
informalA pornographic film.
They watched a few pornos.
- 3
informalA pornographic magazine.
He flipped through the porno.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Porno in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pornography:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does porno come from?
Clipping of pornographic or pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).