Which to use
“pend” is a verb and “pon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,710
- “pend” frequency rank
- #43,075
- “pon” frequency rank
- 67785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pend | pon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pendre. | Pont. |
Letter map: pend vs pon
Shared letters muted; letters that set pend and pon apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for pend / pon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pend is averb and ponanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pend is recorded at frequency rank #24,710, classified as averb, pronounced \pɑ̃\. pon is at rank #43,075, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67785, this pair ranks #61,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pend vs pon
Shared letters: np. Private to "pend": de. Private to "pon": o.
"pend" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pon" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pend ← epnd · pedn · pendd · pennd · pned · ppend
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pend" and "pon" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pend" or "pon"?
After this comparison
Pair "pend" vs "pon" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pend" and "pon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pio vs pon". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #61,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.