# pound

> English word · Noun · IPA /paʊnd/ · frequency rank #4,180

## Definitions
1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
2. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
3. A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
4. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
5. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
6. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
7. A unit of mass in various measurement systems.
8. A unit of force in various measurement systems
9. A unit of force in various measurement systems
10. A unit of force in various measurement systems
11. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
12. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
13. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
14. A unit of currency in various currency systems.
15. The symbol #.

## Etymology
From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).
Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish pund and Swedish pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and punt.

## Easily confused with
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pun)
- **punk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-punk)
- **pour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pour)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-punt)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pune)
- **puns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-puns)
- **pout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pout)
- **puny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-puny)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-proud)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-prune)
- **pounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pounds)
- **poured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-poured)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pruned)
- **pounder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pound-vs-pounder)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pound)
- **pon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pon-vs-pound)
- **porn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porn-vs-pound)
- **pond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pond-vs-pound)
- **pony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pony-vs-pound)
- **pong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pong-vs-pound)

## Common misspellings (7)
`opund`, `ponud`, `poudn`, `poundd`, `pounnd`, `ppound`, `puond`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pound