ponk
/ˈpɒŋk/obsolete
ponk is spelled P-O-N-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ponk means “A nocturnal evil spirit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ponk is ponks.
How many letters and syllables are in ponk?
| Letters | 4: P-O-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 ponk?
Ponk appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 ponk?
- /ˈpɒŋk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ponk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ponk?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ponk.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: knop.
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).
What does ponk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA nocturnal evil spirit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ponk come from?
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).