pwn
/pəʊn/verb, noun
pwn is spelled P-W-N: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, pwn means “To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pwn?
| Letters | 3: P-W-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pwn?
Pwn appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pwn?
- UK /pəʊn/
- UK /pɔːn/
- UK /piˈəʊn/
Pwn has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pwn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pwn
Also written: pawn.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pwn?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pwn from its last stressed vowel (/əʊn/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pwn
- pwns present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- pwning participle, present
- pwned participle, past
- pwnd participle, past
- pwnt participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pwn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
datedTo own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
I pwned them in game!
noun
- 1
Triumph, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.
- 2
An exploit in computer security, especially relating to machine code.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of pulsar wind nebula.
- 2
Abbreviation of person with narcolepsy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pwn come from?
From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).