pound
\ˈpaʊnd\
The verdict
“pound” is uncommon French (frequency #55,518 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,518
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pound |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpaʊnd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pound” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pound is uncommon French at frequency #55,518 among 248,534 “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
- 1Livre, unité de mesure de masse (système impérial britannique). Symbole : lb. Appelé aussi avoirdupois pound.
- 2Unité 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.
- 3Livre, 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).
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.
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Using “pound”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpaʊnd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.