pound sign
"pound-sign" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pound sign” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The symbol £, representing the pound sterling.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pound sign |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pound sign” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pound sign is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pound sign, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pound sign, spelled P-O-U-N-D- -S-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1The symbol £, representing the pound sterling.
- 2The symbol # on a telephone.
- 3The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pound sign”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-U-N-D- -S-I-G-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.