Which to use
“pon” and “pons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,075
- “pon” frequency rank
- #21,727
- “pons” frequency rank
- 64802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pon | pons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pont. | Pont. |
Letter map: pon vs pons
Shared letters muted; letters that set pon and pons apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pon runs 3 letters (CVC) against pons's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - pon / pons
pon and pons are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pon” sits inside “pons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pon is recorded at frequency rank #43,075, classified as anoun. pons is at rank #21,727, 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 64802, this pair ranks #75,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pon vs pons
Shared letters: nop. Private to "pon": -. Private to "pons": s.
"pon" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "pons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pons ← opns · pnos · ponns · ponss · posn · ppons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pon" and "pons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pon" vs "pons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pon" and "pons". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pon" and "pons" 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 #75,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.