pond
/pɑnd/noun, verb
pond is spelled P-O-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Pond, the name). As a noun, pond means “An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pond is ponds.
How many letters and syllables are in pond?
| Letters | 4: P-O-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 pond?
Pond appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Pond, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pond?
- UK /pɒnd/
- US /pɑnd/
- Canada /pʌnd/
Pond 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-us-pond.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pond?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pond from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnd/):
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 pond
- ponds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ponding participle, present
- ponded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pond mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- 2
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
verb
- 1
To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
- 2
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
- 3
To form a pond; to pool.
- 4
obsoleteTo ponder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pond in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small lake:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étang, mare |
| German | Teich, Weiher |
| Portuguese | lagoa, tanque, açude |
| Spanish | charca, estanque, laguna, encharcada, bodón |
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 pond come from?
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).