pogner

\pɔ.ɲe\

/\pɔ.ɲe\/ verb

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The verdict

“pogner” is uncommon French (frequency #67,780 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,780
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attraper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pogner · pogner · French

pogner · rank #67,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,780
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaidoyers

Nearest frequency peer: plaidoyers (-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 « pogner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pogner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pogner
PropertyValue
Headwordpogner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔ.ɲe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,780
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pogner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pognertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « plaidoyers » (#67,779), « pola » (#67,781), « plagier » (#67,778). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pogner » est au #67,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pogner is uncommon French at frequency #67,780 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 21 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pogner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pogner, spelled P-O-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attraper.
  2. 2
    Prendre, empoigner.
  3. 3
    Saisir.
  4. 4
    Surprendre (quelqu’un qui fait quelque chose de mal, ou en cachette), attraper, pincer.
  5. 5
    Tomber sur.
  6. 6
    Recevoir.
  7. 7
    Atteindre, en parlant d’un âge.
  8. 8
    Comprendre (une blague).
  9. 9
    Réussir, avoir du succès, être populaire.
  10. 10
    Séduire, avoir du succès auprès des autres.
  11. 11
    Prendre un essor, prendre un élan.
  12. 12
    Se procurer.
  13. 13
    Se trouver.
  14. 14
    Se coincer (quelque chose quelque part).
  15. 15
    Se disputer.
  16. 16
    Se faire des caresses ; se masturber.
  17. 17
    Se quereller avec.
  18. 18
    Se mesurer à, avec agressivité.
  19. 19
    Se battre.
  20. 20
    Se détourner de quelque chose avec désinvolture.
  21. 21
    Être atteint de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pogner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sauve-toi, il va te pogner!
  2. J’ai pogné un rhume.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pogner"?
"pogner" is spelled P-O-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ɲe\.
What does "pogner" mean?
As a verb, "pogner" means: Attraper.
How do you pronounce "pogner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pogner" is \pɔ.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pogner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pogner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list