pone
/ˈpoʊni/noun
pone is spelled P-O-N-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pone means “A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pone is pones.
How many letters and syllables are in pone?
| Letters | 4: P-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 pone?
Pone appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 pone?
- UK /ˈpəʊni/
- US /ˈpoʊni/
As a noun (“A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often…”): /poʊn/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pone.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pone2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pone
Sounds like: pony (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: pony.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊni/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: open, nope, peon, nepo.
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 pone
- pones plural
- pony
- poney
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- 2
A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.
- 3
A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
- 4
USThe last player to bet or play in turn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pone come from?
Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).