pend
/pɛnd/noun, verb
pend is spelled P-E-N-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pend means “An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pend is pends.
How many letters and syllables are in pend?
| Letters | 4: P-E-N-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pend?
Pend appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 pend?
- US /pɛnd/
- /pɪnd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pend.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pend
Sounds like: penned (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pend?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pend from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnd/):
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 pend
- pends present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- pending participle, present
- pended participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pend mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandAn archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
- 2
Indiaoil cake
verb
- 1
To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
- 2
obsoleteTo hang down; to cause something to hang down
- 3
ScotlandobsoleteTo arch over (something); to vault.
- 4
obsoleteTo hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
- 5
obsoleteTo pen; to confine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pend come from?
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).