Poconos
/ˈpoʊkənoʊz/
"poconos" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Poconos” is uncommon English (frequency #77,101 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,101
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mountain range in Pennsylvania.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poconos · Poconos · English
Poconos · rank #77,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,101
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH polisher
Nearest frequency peer: polisher (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Poconos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plater
plater
22,904 corpus weight
- pleasingly
pleasingly
22,903 corpus weight
- Poconos
Poconos
22,900 corpus weight
- polisher
polisher
22,899 corpus weight
- polymath
polymath
22,897 corpus weight
- pontifex
pontifex
22,896 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Poconos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poconos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpoʊkənoʊz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Poconos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Poconos is uncommon English at frequency #77,101 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpoʊkənoʊz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Poconos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Said to be from Munsee pokawachne (“creek between two hills”). The correct English form is Poconos, spelled P-O-C-O-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1A mountain range in Pennsylvania.
- 2A region of Pennsylvania.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Poconos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Long Island's attractions will prosper because many people now won't travel to the Poconos or the Catskills," he said.
Etymology
Said to be from Munsee pokawachne (“creek between two hills”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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