aporie
\a.pɔ.ʁi\
The verdict
“aporie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Problème ou contradiction logique insoluble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aporie · aporie · French
aporie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aporie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɔ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aporie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aporie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pɔ.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Problème ou contradiction logique insoluble.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aporie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aporie, spelled A-P-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Problème ou contradiction logique insoluble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aporie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, dupé par la langue grecque, qui, grâce à l’article, permet de transformer des verbes en substantifs, il n’échappe à l’aporie de Parménide « L’Être est, le non-être n’est pas, on ne sortira pas de cette pensée » que par cinq théories […].
Devrons-nous, comme Jonathan Barnes, retenir l’image d’une pensée campant résolument dans l’aporie qu’elle aurait osé formuler ? (« le scepticisme abdéritain est de type pyrrhonien », déclare expressément cet auteur).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.