pognon

\pɔ.ɲɔ̃\

/\pɔ.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pognon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,460
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pognon · pognon · French

pognon · rank #15,460 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,460
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plombier

Nearest frequency peer: plombier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pognon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pognon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pognon vs pogo
67% similar
pognon vs poison
67% similar
pognon vs poumon
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pognon
PropertyValue
Headwordpognon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.ɲɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,460
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pognon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pognonse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « plombier » (#15,459), « poney » (#15,461), « piscines » (#15,458). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pognon » est au #15,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pognon (IPA \pɔ.ɲɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,460 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Argent, monnaie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pognon, with forms such as "opgnon", "pgonon", and "poggnon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pogo", "poison", "poumon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pognon, spelled P-O-G-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Argent, monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J'avais beau y porter mes ronds à son hôtel, les mettre dans une enveloppe avec une lettre, il croquait mon pognon et f'sait répondre: « Miel ! »
  2. Quand on parle pognon, à partir d’un certain chiffre, tout le monde écoute.

This word in other languages

dough(English)pasta(Español)Finanzen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opgnon
  • pgonon
  • poggnon
  • pognno
  • pognnon
  • pognonn
  • pogonn
  • pongon
  • ppognon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pognon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opgnon2pgonon2poggnon1pognno2pognnon1pognonn1pogonn2pongon2
Edit distance from "pognon"

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 "pognon"?
"pognon" is spelled P-O-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "pognon" mean?
As a noun, "pognon" means: Argent, monnaie.
What words are commonly confused with "pognon"?
"pognon" is commonly confused with "pogo", "poison", "poumon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pognon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pognon" is \pɔ.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pognon" come from?
"pognon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list