pons
/ˈpɑnz/noun
pons is spelled P-O-N-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pons means “A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pons is pontes.
How many letters and syllables are in pons?
| Letters | 4: P-O-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pons?
Pons appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 pons?
- US /ˈpɑnz/
- UK /ˈpɒnz/
- US /ˈpoʊnz/
Pons has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pons.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pons?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pons from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnz/):
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 pons
- pontes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pons mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
- 2
A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem.
noun
- 1
plural of PON
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pons in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of the brain:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pont |
| German | Pons |
| Spanish | puente troncoencefálico, pons |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pons come from?
Borrowed from Latin pōns (“bridge”). Doublet of Pontus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).