pons

noun

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The verdict

“pons” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,727
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pont.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pons · pons · French

pons · rank #21,727 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,727
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poliment

Nearest frequency peer: poliment (-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 « pons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pons » 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).

pons vs PS
0% similar
pons vs pop
50% similar
pons vs pot
50% similar

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

Key facts for pons
PropertyValue
Headwordpons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,727
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ponsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « poliment » (#21,726), « pornographique » (#21,728), « PLS » (#21,725). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pons » est au #21,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pons, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,727 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pons, with forms such as "opns", "pnos", and "ponns". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "pop", "pot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pons, spelled P-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pont.
  2. 2
    D'où :
  3. 3
    D'où :
  4. 4
    D'où :
  5. 5
    D'où :
  6. 6
    D'où :
  7. 7
    D'où :
  8. 8
    Plancher d'une tour, étage, pont de communication entre les tours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Caesar pontem fecit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opns
  • pnos
  • ponns
  • ponss
  • posn
  • ppons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opns2pnos2ponns1ponss1posn2ppons1
Edit distance from "pons"

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 "pons"?
"pons" is spelled P-O-N-S.
What does "pons" mean?
As a noun, "pons" means: Pont.
What words are commonly confused with "pons"?
"pons" is commonly confused with "PS", "pop", "pot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pons" come from?
"pons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nest#21,704move#21,699Ruiz#21,757lina#21,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

order6 variantstact6 variantsfury6 variantsbeauf6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list