pornografía

/[poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,654

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

pornografía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Descripción o representación de escenas de actividad sexual o carácter obsceno. Pronounced [poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Often confused with pornográfico and pornográfica.

Key facts for pornografía
PropertyValue
Headwordpornografía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,654
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pornografía in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pornografía is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,654 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for pornografía, with forms such as "oprnografía", "ponrografía", and "porngorafía". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pornográfico", "pornográfica", "pornográficas", 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 Spanish form is pornografía, spelled P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Descripción o representación de escenas de actividad sexual o carácter obsceno.
  2. 2
    Obra literaria, artística, cinematográfica, etc., que describe, presenta o muestra actos sexuales de forma explícita con la finalidad de excitar sexualmente.
  3. 3
    Obra que versa acerca de la prostitución.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprnografía,ponrografía,porngorafía,pornnografía,pornogarfía,pornoggrafía,pornografaí,pornograffía,pornograífa,pornogrfaía,pornogrrafía,pornorgafía,porongrafía,porrnografía,ppornografía,pronografía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pornografía

Misspelling Variants of "pornografía"

oprnografía11ponrografía11porngorafía11pornnografía12pornogarfía11pornoggrafía12pornografaí11pornograffía12
Misspelling Variants of "pornografía"

Frequency rank: #11,654 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pornografía"?
"pornografía" is spelled P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia].
What does "pornografía" mean?
As a noun, "pornografía" means: Descripción o representación de escenas de actividad sexual o carácter obsceno.
What words are commonly confused with "pornografía"?
"pornografía" is commonly confused with "pornográfico", "pornográfica", "pornográficas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pornografía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pornografía" is [poɾnoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pornografía" come from?
"pornografía" is a Spanish 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.