grouch
/ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/noun, verb
grouch is spelled G-R-O-U-C-H: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grouch means “A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grouch is grouches.
How many letters and syllables are in grouch?
| Letters | 6: G-R-O-U-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is grouch?
Grouch appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grouch?
- /ɡɹaʊt͡ʃ/
Grouch has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-grouch.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grouch
- grouches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- grouching participle, present
- grouched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grouch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
But today he had noticed from the moment he had got out of bed that something was amiss with the world. Either he was in the grip of some divine discontent due to the highly developed condition of his soul, or else he had a grouch.
- 2
One who is grumpy or irritable.
I don't feel like hanging around with that grouch.
verb
- 1
To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
He spent all his time grouching about the problem instead of fixing it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grouch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who is grumpy or irritable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grincheux, grognon |
| German | Griesgram |
| Spanish | gruñón, gruñona, vinagre, refunfuñón, refunfuñona, quejica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does grouch come from?
From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).