pornographie

Name: pornographie, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\

/\pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pornographie” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,001
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Représentation explicite ou enregistrement d’images exposant l’intimité conçus pour provoquer une excitation sexuelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pornographie · pornographie · French

pornographie · rank #15,001 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #15,001
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH positionner

Nearest frequency peer: positionner (+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.

piges

85,004
piment

85,003
placent

85,002
pornographie

85,000
positionner

84,999
prod

84,997

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pornographie vs pornographique

86% similar

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

Key facts for pornographie
Property	Value
Headword	pornographie
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#15,001
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pornographie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pornographiese place ici:

#15,001

#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 « positionner » (#15,002), « placent » (#14,999), « piment » (#14,998). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pornographie » est au #15,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around pornographie (IPA \pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,001 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for pornographie, with forms such as "oprnographie", "ponrographie", and "porngoraphie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pornographique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pornographie, spelled P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

1
Représentation explicite ou enregistrement d’images exposant l’intimité conçus pour provoquer une excitation sexuelle.
2
Production, diffusion d’œuvres à caractère pornographique.
3
Traité sur la prostitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Je ne sais où elle avait recueilli cet axiome que les livres français étaient tous un tissu de pornographie dégoûtante. — Vous lisez encore de ces saletés françaises, me disait-elle. Et cela risque de vous faire damner.
Également, m’a-t-on dit une correspondance d’une pornographie spéciale entre deux personnages du même sexe revêtus de l’immunité diplomatique.

This word in other languages

pornography(English)pornografía(Español)Pornografie(Deutsch)pornografia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

oprnographie
ponrographie
porngoraphie
pornnographie
pornogarphie
pornoggraphie
pornograhpie
pornographei
pornographhie
pornograpihe
pornograpphie
pornogrpahie
pornogrraphie
pornorgaphie
porongraphie
porrnographie
ppornographie
pronographie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pornographie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "pornographie"

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 "pornographie"?

"pornographie" is spelled P-O-R-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\.

What does "pornographie" mean?

As a noun, "pornographie" means: Représentation explicite ou enregistrement d’images exposant l’intimité conçus pour provoquer une excitation sexuelle.

What words are commonly confused with "pornographie"?

"pornographie" is commonly confused with "pornographique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pornographie"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pornographie" is \pɔʁ.no.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pornographie" come from?

"pornographie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

Is PlainSpell free to use?

Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rattachement#15,016 reconversion#15,018 renversement#15,020 juridictions#14,963

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

psychopathe18 variants hospitaliers18 variants détracteurs18 variants dépendances18 variants