porion
\pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
The verdict
“porion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contremaître dans les houillères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-porion · porion · French
porion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « porion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
porion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contremaître dans les houillères.".
porion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is porion, spelled P-O-R-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Contremaître dans les houillères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how porion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dansaert passa pour donner un coup d'œil au travail. Il paraissait d'une humeur exécrable, il s'emporta contre le porion : rien ne marchait, les bois demandaient à être remplacés au fur et à mesure, est-ce que c'était fichu, de la besogne pareille ! Et il partit (…). Une heure encore s'écoula. Le porion avait arrêté le déblaiement, pour employer tout son…
L'énervement est très grand parmi la population ouvrière et, hier, un grand nombre de mineurs et de porions ont refusé de descendre dans la mine.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.