pah
/pæ/interjection, noun
pah is spelled P-A-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, pah means “Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pah?
| Letters | 3: P-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pah?
Pah appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 pah?
- /pæ/
As a noun (“Dated form of pa (“Maori fort”)”): /pɑː/.
Pah 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pah.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-pah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pah
Also written: pa.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pah.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hap.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pah
- pahs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
noun
- 1
Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.
- 2
Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
- 3
Initialism of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- 4
Initialism of paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.
noun
- 1
datedDated form of pa (“Maori fort”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pah in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon:
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 pah come from?
Imitative of spitting out something disgusting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).