NSFW
\ɛn.ɛs.ɛf.ˈdʌ.bl̩.juː\
The verdict
“NSFW” is uncommon French (frequency #50,389 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,389
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index FR-nsfw · NSFW · French
NSFW · rank #50,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,389
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH novi
Nearest frequency peer: novi (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « NSFW »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Nicolle
Nicolle
49,616 corpus weight
- nihiliste
nihiliste
49,615 corpus weight
- normalisée
normalisée
49,614 corpus weight
- novi
novi
49,613 corpus weight
- NSFW
NSFW
49,612 corpus weight
- nuageuse
nuageuse
49,611 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « NSFW » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « NSFW » en français
Rare enough to double-check
NSFW is uncommon French at frequency #50,389 among 1,563 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how NSFW appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Content that contains nudity, pornography, or profanity, which a reasonable viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as in a workplace should be tagged as NSFW. This tag can be applied to individual pieces of content or to entire communities.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).