pompom
/põ.ˈpõ/
The verdict
“pompom” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,752 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,752
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - enfeite feito com fios curtos amarrados em um centro em comum usado para enfeitar ou chamar a atenção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pompom |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /põ.ˈpõ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pompom” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pompom is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,752 among 3,113 “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
- 1enfeite 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.
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Using “pompom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-M-P-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /põ.ˈpõ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.