# pom vs poon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pom
*noun · IPA /pɒm/ · frequency rank #23,363*
An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.

### poon
*noun · IPA /puːn/ · frequency rank #48,420*
Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-poon