pongo
noun
pongo is spelled P-O-N-G-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pongo means “A soldier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pongo is pongos or pongoes.
How many letters and syllables are in pongo?
| Letters | 5: P-O-N-G-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pongo?
Pongo appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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).
Forms of pongo
- pongos plural
- pongoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pongo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKslangA soldier.
- 2
UKslangA lazy, good-for-nothing person.
- 3
archaicAny large ape.
- 4
A river canyon or gorge in Peru, especially a narrow, deep one cutting through a ridge or mountain range, carved by an Andean river.
A member of the South American Explorers says that the trip to Atalaya is difficult on public transport because there are few boats between the pongo and Sepahua. Instead, you could build (or have someone else build) a balsa raft […]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pongo come from?
From Kongo mpongo (“gorilla”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).