pom
/pɑm/noun
pom is spelled P-O-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, pom means “An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pom is poms.
How many letters and syllables are in pom?
| Letters | 3: P-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pom?
Pom appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 pom?
- UK /pɒm/
- US /pɑm/
- Australia /pɔm/
Pom has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pom?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pom from its last stressed vowel (/ɑm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mop, pmo.
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 pom
- poms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaderogatoryslangAn Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
- 2
A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
noun
- 1
Initialism of polyoxometalate.
- 2
Initialism of Program Operation Mode.
- 3
Initialism of Project Object Model.
- 4
Initialism of Prescription-Only Medication.
- 5
Initialism of polyoxymethylene.
- 6
Initialism of pivaloyloxymethyl.
noun
- 1
informalSynonym of Pomeranian, a dog breed or a dog of this breed.
- 2
AustraliaderogatoryslangAlternative letter-case form of pom, an Englishman or Briton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pom come from?
A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).