NSFW
\ɛn.ɛs.ɛf.ˈdʌ.bl̩.juː\
The verdict
“NSFW” is uncommon French (frequency #50,389 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,389
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indication qu’un texte, une image, une vidéo, un son ou un lien contient des éléments jugés particulièrement inappropriés pour un écran de travail, s’agissant généralement de contenu indécent : vul...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | NSFW |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛn.ɛs.ɛf.ˈdʌ.bl̩.juː\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “NSFW” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
NSFW is uncommon French at frequency #50,389 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛn.ɛs.ɛf.ˈdʌ.bl̩.juː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indication qu’un texte, une image, une vidéo, un son ou un lien contient des éléments jugés particulièrement inappropriés pour un écran de travail, s’agissant généralement de contenu indécent : vul...".
NSFW doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is NSFW, spelled N-S-F-W.
Definition
- 1Indication qu’un texte, une image, une vidéo, un son ou un lien contient des éléments jugés particulièrement inappropriés pour un écran de travail, s’agissant généralement de contenu indécent : vulgaire, à caractère sexuel, haineux, raciste ou violent.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “NSFW”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-S-F-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛn.ɛs.ɛf.ˈdʌ.bl̩.juː\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.