fount
/faʊnt/noun, verb
fount is spelled F-O-U-N-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “font vs fount” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, fount means “That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fount is founts.
How many letters and syllables are in fount?
| Letters | 5: F-O-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fount?
Fount appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fount?
- UK /faʊnt/
- UK /fɒnt/
- US /faʊnt/
As a noun (“Archaic spelling of font”): /fɒnt/, /faʊnt/, /fɑnt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fount.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-fount_(ety_1).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-font.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fount
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fount?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fount from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: futon.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fount
- founts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fount mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicSynonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
- 2
archaicA device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.
- 3
That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.
He is a real fount of knowledge!
- 4
UKarchaicArchaic spelling of font.
verb
- 1
USAlternative form of found (past tense of find)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fount in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fount come from?
Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).