porcherie

\pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\

/\pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“porcherie” is uncommon French (frequency #51,669 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,669
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où on élève des porcs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-porcherie · porcherie · French

porcherie · rank #51,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,669
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poncho

Nearest frequency peer: poncho (-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 « porcherie »

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 « porcherie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for porcherie
PropertyValue
Headwordporcherie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « porcherie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).porcherietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « poncho » (#51,668), « postmoderne » (#51,670), « poncelet » (#51,667). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « porcherie » est au #51,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porcherie is uncommon French at frequency #51,669 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for porcherie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is porcherie, spelled P-O-R-C-H-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où on élève des porcs.
  2. 2
    Lieu très sale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, l’honnêteté m’oblige à dire que ces porcheries industrielles sont des lieux abominables, constituant une sorte d’enfer sur Terre pour les animaux qui s’y trouvent.
  2. Sa chambre est une véritable porcherie.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "porcherie"?
"porcherie" is spelled P-O-R-C-H-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\.
What does "porcherie" mean?
As a noun, "porcherie" means: Lieu où on élève des porcs.
How do you pronounce "porcherie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porcherie" is \pɔʁ.ʃə.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porcherie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list