pounces
/ˈpaʊnsɪz/
"pounces" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pounces” is uncommon English (frequency #72,666 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,666
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of pounce
Corpus desk
Index EN-pounces · pounces · English
pounces · rank #72,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,666
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prac
Nearest frequency peer: prac (+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 “pounces”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- popularizat…
popularization
27,339 corpus weight
- porteous
porteous
27,338 corpus weight
- pounces
pounces
27,335 corpus weight
- prac
prac
27,334 corpus weight
- preordained
preordained
27,333 corpus weight
- prepay
prepay
27,332 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pounces” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pounces |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpaʊnsɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pounces” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pounces is uncommon English at frequency #72,666 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpaʊnsɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of pounce".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pounces, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pounces, spelled P-O-U-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of pounce
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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