# POW

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,306

## Definitions
1. Initialism of prisoner of war.
2. Initialism of place of worship.
3. Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”).

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-ps)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pro)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pub)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pun)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-psa)
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pts)
- **psi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-psi)
- **PSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-psg)
- **PPP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-ppp)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-pst)

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