pondre

\pɔ̃dʁ\

/\pɔ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“pondre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,035
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire, déposer un ou des œufs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pondre · pondre · French

pondre · rank #22,035 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,035
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pléiade

Nearest frequency peer: pléiade (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pondre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pondre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pondre vs ponte
67% similar
pondre vs pondu
67% similar
pondre vs poudre
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pondre
PropertyValue
Headwordpondre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔ̃dʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,035
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pondre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pondrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pléiade » (#22,034), « popcorn » (#22,036), « plongeant » (#22,033). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pondre » est au #22,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pondre (IPA \pɔ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,035 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pondre, with forms such as "opndre", "pnodre", and "podnre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ponte", "pondu", "poudre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pondre, spelled P-O-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire, déposer un ou des œufs.
  2. 2
    Engendrer, produire.
  3. 3
    Faire une production de l’esprit.
  4. 4
    Mettre au monde un enfant.
  5. 5
    Chier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pondre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les perdrix pondent ordinairement quinze ou seize œufs.
  2. La tortue pond ses œufs dans le sable.

This word in other languages

lay(English)poner(Español)legen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opndre
  • pnodre
  • podnre
  • ponddre
  • ponder
  • pondrre
  • ponndre
  • ponrde
  • ppondre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pondre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opndre2pnodre2podnre2ponddre1ponder2pondrre1ponndre1ponrde2
Edit distance from "pondre"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pondre"?
"pondre" is spelled P-O-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ̃dʁ\.
What does "pondre" mean?
As a verb, "pondre" means: Faire, déposer un ou des œufs.
What words are commonly confused with "pondre"?
"pondre" is commonly confused with "ponte", "pondu", "poudre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pondre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pondre" is \pɔ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pondre" come from?
"pondre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pondre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Person#22,029pastel#22,024psaume#22,048Putsch#22,052

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

péages9 variantsnommées9 variantsmouillée9 variantsmagnum9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list