podge
/pɒd͡ʒ/
"podge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“podge” is uncommon English (frequency #73,540 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,540
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fat person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-podge · podge · English
podge · rank #73,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,540
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH polyamorous
Nearest frequency peer: polyamorous (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “podge”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plowman
plowman
26,468 corpus weight
- plurals
plurals
26,465 corpus weight
- plushie
plushie
26,464 corpus weight
- podge
podge
26,461 corpus weight
- polyamorous
polyamorous
26,460 corpus weight
- polygamist
polygamist
26,459 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “podge” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | podge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɒd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “podge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
podge is uncommon English at frequency #73,540 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɒd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for podge, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from pudsy (“plump”), which could be a diminutive of pud (“child's hand, forepaw”). The correct English form is podge, spelled P-O-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1A fat person.
- 2Fatness, fat; podginess.
Etymology
Perhaps from pudsy (“plump”), which could be a diminutive of pud (“child's hand, forepaw”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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