# pwn

> English word · Verb · IPA /pəʊn/ · frequency rank #82,696

## Definitions
1. To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

## Etymology
From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).

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