porc

\pɔʁ\

/\pɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“porc” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,274
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère omnivore très répandu dans le monde, au museau terminé par un groin. Animal domestique qu’on engraisse pour le manger et qui a entre la chair et la peau une graisse qu’on appelle lard. La...

Corpus desk

Index FR-porc · porc · French

porc · rank #5,274 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,274
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portail

Nearest frequency peer: portail (+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 « porc »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « porc » 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).

porc vs Pr
25% similar
porc vs pro
50% similar
porc vs pré
50% similar

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

Key facts for porc
PropertyValue
Headwordporc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,274
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « porc »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portail » (#5,275), « peint » (#5,272), « pourcentage » (#5,276). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « porc » est au #5,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around porc (IPA \pɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,274 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for porc, with forms such as "oprc", "pocr", and "porcc". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "pro", "pré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is porc, spelled P-O-R-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mammifère omnivore très répandu dans le monde, au museau terminé par un groin. Animal domestique qu’on engraisse pour le manger et qui a entre la chair et la peau une graisse qu’on appelle lard. La femelle est la truie. Au sens strict, le porc est un verrat castré.
  2. 2
    Viande du porc.
  3. 3
    Homme malpropre.
  4. 4
    Homme dominé par ses instincts sexuels.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se représente généralement passant. À rapprocher de cochon, sanglier, truie et verrat.
  6. 6
    Policier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il pense avec d’amers regrets à son pouvoir évanoui, aux empiffreries de viande de porc que lui fournissaient les nigauds, aux vaches grasses à tout jamais remplacées par des vaches maigres.
  2. On n’entend plus que les cris des volailles et des porcs saignés ; les cheminées fument, tout Ramscapelle s’emplit de la joyeuse animation d’un marché oriental.

This word in other languages

pig(English)cerdo(Español)Schwein(Deutsch)porco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oprc
  • pocr
  • porcc
  • porrc
  • pporc
  • proc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porc - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

oprc2pocr2porcc1porrc1pporc1proc2
Edit distance from "porc"

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 "porc"?
"porc" is spelled P-O-R-C. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ\.
What does "porc" mean?
As a noun, "porc" means: Mammifère omnivore très répandu dans le monde, au museau terminé par un groin. Animal domestique qu’on engraisse pour le manger et qui a entre la chair et la peau une graisse qu’on appelle lard. La...
What words are commonly confused with "porc"?
"porc" is commonly confused with "Pr", "pro", "pré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "porc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porc" is \pɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porc" come from?
"porc" 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 "porc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rhin#5,285Ryan#5,286life#5,261west#5,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list