pons
/ˈpons/
The verdict
“pons” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,437 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,437
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo pondre
Corpus desk
Index PT-pons · pons · Portuguese
pons · rank #77,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,437
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH porro
Nearest frequency peer: porro (+1 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 “pons”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pesaram
pesaram
22,577 corpus weight
- petulante
petulante
22,574 corpus weight
- pirilampo
pirilampo
22,567 corpus weight
- pons
pons
22,564 corpus weight
- porro
porro
22,563 corpus weight
- precavido
precavido
22,559 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pons” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pons |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpons/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pons” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pons is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,437 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpons/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo pondre".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pons, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pons, spelled P-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo pondre
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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