pound

\ˈpaʊnd\

/\ˈpaʊnd\/ noun

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The verdict

“pound” is uncommon French (frequency #55,518 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,518
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pound · pound · French

pound · rank #55,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,518
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH porterais

Nearest frequency peer: porterais (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pound »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pound » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pound
PropertyValue
Headwordpound
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpaʊnd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,518
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pound » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).poundtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « porterais » (#55,517), « portance » (#55,516), « pourvoyeurs » (#55,520). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pound » est au #55,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pound is uncommon French at frequency #55,518 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpaʊnd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pound, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pound, spelled P-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.
  2. 2
    Unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Aujourd'hui, elle n'est plus utilisée que pour mesurer les métaux précieux. Symbole : lb t. Appelé aussi troy pound ou apothecary pound.
  3. 3
    Livre, unité monétaire britannique, appelé aussi pound sterling ; ancienne unité monétaire d’Irlande ou de Chypre (actuellement passées à l’euro), ainsi que d’autres pays (à voir).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 1 pound = 16 ounces (avoirdupois)
  2. 1 pound = 453,59237 grammes

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 "pound"?
"pound" is spelled P-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpaʊnd\.
What does "pound" mean?
As a noun, "pound" means: Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.
How do you pronounce "pound"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pound" is \ˈpaʊnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pound" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list