Which to use
“pon” is a noun and “pond” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,075
- “pon” frequency rank
- #23,316
- “pond” frequency rank
- 66391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pon | pond |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pont. | Troisième personne de l’indicatif présent du verbe pondre. |
Letter map: pon vs pond
Shared letters muted; letters that set pon and pond apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pon runs 3 letters (CVC) against pond's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - pon and pond
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pon is anoun and pondaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pon” sits inside “pond”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pon is recorded at frequency rank #43,075, classified as anoun. pond is at rank #23,316, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔ̃\.
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 66391, this pair ranks #68,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pon vs pond
Shared letters: nop. Private to "pon": -. Private to "pond": d.
"pon" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "pond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pond ← opnd · pnod · podn · pondd · ponnd · ppond
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "pon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pon" and "pond" 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 #68,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.