Pontus
/ˈpɒntəs/
"pontus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pontus” is uncommon English (frequency #64,620 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,620
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pontus · Pontus · English
Pontus · rank #64,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,620
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pompadour
Nearest frequency peer: pompadour (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Pontus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- politicking
politicking
35,383 corpus weight
- pompadour
pompadour
35,382 corpus weight
- Pontus
Pontus
35,381 corpus weight
- positing
positing
35,380 corpus weight
- postmark
postmark
35,379 corpus weight
- Poznan
Poznan
35,378 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pontus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pontus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɒntəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pontus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pontus is uncommon English at frequency #64,620 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɒntəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pontus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”), from πόντος (póntos, “sea”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Doublet of pons. The correct English form is Pontus, spelled P-O-N-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
- 2An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.
- 3A former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus.
Etymology
From Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”), from πόντος (póntos, “sea”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Doublet of pons.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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