Which to use
“plan” is an adjective and “porn” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #391
- “plan” frequency rank
- #15,964
- “porn” frequency rank
- 16355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plan | porn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est uni, plat, qui ne présente ni courbure ni ondulation. | Pornographie. |
Where the eye mixes plan and porn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: plan is \plɑ̃\ while porn is \pɔʁn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plan is recorded at frequency rank #391, classified as anadj, pronounced \plɑ̃\. porn is at rank #15,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔʁn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 16355, this pair ranks #388,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of plan vs porn
Shared letters: np. Private to "plan": al. Private to "porn": or.
"plan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "porn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC