pornography
/pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/noun, verb
pornography is spelled P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pornography means “The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pornography is pornographies.
How many letters and syllables are in pornography?
| Letters | 11: P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pornography?
Pornography appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th 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 pornography?
- UK /pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
- US /pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
Pornography has 4 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: En-au-pornography.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pornography?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pornography from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɹəfi/):
- photography
- geography
- biography
- choreography
- topography
- discography
- tomography
- typography
- oceanography
- ethnography
- historiography
- crystallography
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pornography
- pornographies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pornographying participle, present
- pornographied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pornography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.
Many websites have a complete ban on pornography.
- 2
The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.
- 3
The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
verb
- 1
To turn into pornography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate pornography?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of pornography: PMO.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pornography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pornographie |
| German | Pornografie |
| Portuguese | pornografia |
| Spanish | pornografía |
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 pornography come from?
Borrowed from French pornographie. By surface analysis, porno- + -graphy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).