pongee
/ˈpɑnd͡ʒi/noun
pongee is spelled P-O-N-G-E-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pongee means “A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pongee is pongees.
How many letters and syllables are in pongee?
| Letters | 6: P-O-N-G-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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; 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 pongee?
Pongee appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 pongee?
- US /ˈpɑnd͡ʒi/
- UK /ˈpɒnd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with pongee?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pongee from its last stressed vowel (/ɑndʒi/):
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 pongee
- pongees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pongee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.
- 2
A pale, yellowish shade of brown similar to beige.
- 3
Channa striata (striped snakehead)
- 4
Alternative spelling of punji.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pongee come from?
From Mandarin 本機／本机 (běnjī, literally “one’s own loom; home-woven; homemade”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).