# pond

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɒnd/ · frequency rank #7,374

## Definitions
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.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pot)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pos)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pun)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-poo)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pow)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pov)
- **pox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pox)
- **ppd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-ppd)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-post)
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-poor)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-port)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pool)
- **porn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-porn)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pope)
- **punk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-punk)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pose)
- **pour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pour)
- **pork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pork)
- **pops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pops)

## Common misspellings (6)
`opnd`, `pnod`, `podn`, `pondd`, `ponnd`, `ppond`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pond