censored spelling

English

Pronunciation

enPR: sĕn′sərd′ spĕl′ĭng′
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnˌsəd ˈspɛlˌɪŋ/
(General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnˌsəɹd ˈspɛlˌɪŋ/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsenˌsəd ˈspelˌɪŋ/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsenˌsəd ˈspelˌəŋ/
(India) IPA^(key): /ˈsenˌsaɾɖ ˈspelˌiŋ/
Hyphenation: cen‧sored spell‧ing

Noun

Examples (spelling that was censored)
English f--k for fuck Spanish mrd for mierda (“shit”) Russian блдь* (bldʹ) for блядь* (bljadʹ, “whore, slut”) Japanese まこ* (mako) for まんこ* (manko, “pussy”) Persian for (“cunt, pussy”)

censored spelling (countable and uncountable, plural censored spellings)

(chiefly Internet) A spelling of a word that was censored, possibly to reduce its shock value, to bypass a chat filter, and so on.
- 2022 May 3, rendell, “Some example censored words(philippines)”, in GameFAQs‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 April 2025:
  Yiu can post more censored words, just comment. And be sure you put an asterisk where the censored spelling is located.
- 2024 March 2, TheMentalPanda, “Survey on the use of tagging on AO3”, in reddit‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 April 2025, r/FanFiction, comment by u/SecretNoOneKnows:
  You have fifteen different censored spellings of rape and don't include the Archive Warning? I'm sorry have you used the site before?
- 2025 January 24, “HXVOC”, in Fandom‎^[3] (encyclopedia), retrieved 19 April 2025, Concept / Etymology:
  "HXVOC" [hăv′ək] is a partially-censored spelling of the English word havoc, […].

See also

Appendix:Glossary#censored spelling
Category:Censored spellings by language