pond
/pɒnd/
"pond" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pond” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,374 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,374
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pond |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɒnd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pond” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pond is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɒnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,374 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pond, with forms such as "opnd", "pnod", and "podn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pop", "pot", "pos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound. The correct English form is pond, spelled P-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- 2An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
Etymology
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opnd,pnod,podn,pondd,ponnd,ppond
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pond - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “pond”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɒnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pop” - see the side-by-side comparison. pond vs pop
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.