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poh

interjection, adjective

poh is spelled P-O-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, poh means “Indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in poh?

Letters3: P-O-H
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 poh?

Poh appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 poh?

    Poh 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).

    Words people confuse with poh

    Also written: po.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    What rhymes with poh?

    No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as poh.

    Spelled with the same letters in another order: hop, pho.

    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).

    What does poh mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    interjection

    1. 1

      datedIndicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration.

    2. 2

      datedExpressing disagreement or irritation

    3. 3

      datedExpressing disgust or repulsion.

    noun

    as pOH
    1. 1

      The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.

    noun

    as POH
    1. 1

      Initialism of powered-on hours.

    adjective

    1. 1

      colloquialAlternative spelling of po (“diluted”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does poh come from?

    From p, denoting negative logarithm, and OH, denoting the hydroxyl radical.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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