Poona
"poona" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Poona” is uncommon English (frequency #67,740 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,740
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Former name of Pune.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poona · Poona · English
Poona · rank #67,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,740
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH poignantly
Nearest frequency peer: poignantly (-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 “Poona”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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32,265 corpus weight
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32,264 corpus weight
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32,263 corpus weight
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32,262 corpus weight
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32,261 corpus weight
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32,258 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Poona” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poona |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Poona” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Poona is uncommon English at frequency #67,740 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Pune.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Poona, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: The city became known as Poona in English during British rule in 1857 and changed to Pune in 1978. The correct English form is Poona, spelled P-O-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Former name of Pune.
Etymology
The city became known as Poona in English during British rule in 1857 and changed to Pune in 1978.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 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.