porion

\pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\

/\pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\/ noun

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.

Key facts for porion
PropertyValue
Headwordporion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « porion » en français

porionn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Contremaître dans les houillères.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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…
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porion"?
"porion" is spelled P-O-R-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\.
What does "porion" mean?
As a noun, "porion" means: Contremaître dans les houillères.
How do you pronounce "porion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porion" is \pɔ.ʁjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porion" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list