poon
/puːn/
"poon" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“poon” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,420) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,420
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poon · poon · English
poon · rank #48,420 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,420
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pomeranian
Nearest frequency peer: Pomeranian (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “poon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- poacher
poacher
51,584 corpus weight
- Pomeranian
Pomeranian
51,582 corpus weight
- poon
poon
51,581 corpus weight
- possessor
possessor
51,580 corpus weight
- precept
precept
51,579 corpus weight
- precipitous
precipitous
51,578 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “poon” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /puːn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poon” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for poon is neighbouring look-alikes ("pro", "pop", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /puːn/. Frequency #48,420 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Gloss: "Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for poon, with forms such as "opon", "pono", and "poonn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "pop", "pot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai. The correct English form is poon, spelled P-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
Etymology
Compare Tamil புன்னை (puṉṉai), Malayalam പുന്ന (punna), names for Calophyllum inophyllum. Doublet of punnai.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opon
- pono
- poonn
- ppoon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.