pompom

/põ.ˈpõ/

//põ.ˈpõ// noun

The verdict

“pompom” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,752 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,752
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enfeite feito com fios curtos amarrados em um centro em comum usado para enfeitar ou chamar a atenção

Corpus desk

Index PT-pompom · pompom · Portuguese

pompom · rank #63,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,752
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH profusamente

Nearest frequency peer: profusamente (+13 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pompom”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pompom” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pompom
PropertyValue
Headwordpompom
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/põ.ˈpõ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pompom” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pompomcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “profusamente” (#63,765), “proliferar” (#63,766), “pavoroso” (#63,737). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pompom” fica em #63,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pompom is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,752 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /põ.ˈpõ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "enfeite feito com fios curtos amarrados em um centro em comum usado para enfeitar ou chamar a atenção".

No misspelling variants are generated for pompom in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pompom, spelled P-O-M-P-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    enfeite feito com fios curtos amarrados em um centro em comum usado para enfeitar ou chamar a atenção

This word in other languages

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pompom"?
"pompom" is spelled P-O-M-P-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is /põ.ˈpõ/.
What does "pompom" mean?
As a noun, "pompom" means: enfeite feito com fios curtos amarrados em um centro em comum usado para enfeitar ou chamar a atenção
How do you pronounce "pompom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pompom" is /põ.ˈpõ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pompom" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pompom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list