Which to use
“pond” is a verb and “pondu” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,316
- “pond” frequency rank
- #30,311
- “pondu” frequency rank
- 53627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pond | pondu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne de l’indicatif présent du verbe pondre. | Feuille de manioc |
Where the eye mixes pond and pondu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pond runs 4 letters (CVCC) against pondu's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pond vs pondu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pond is \pɔ̃\ while pondu is \pɔn.dy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pond” sits inside “pondu”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pond is recorded at frequency rank #23,316, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔ̃\. pondu is at rank #30,311, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔn.dy\.
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 53627, this pair ranks #139,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pond vs pondu
Shared letters: dnop. Private to "pond": -. Private to "pondu": u.
"pond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pondu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pond" and "pondu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "pond" or "pondu" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pondu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pond" and "pondu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pon vs pondu". 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 #139,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.