pooch
/puːt͡ʃ/noun, verb
pooch is spelled P-O-O-C-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pooch means “A dog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pooch is pooches.
How many letters and syllables are in pooch?
| Letters | 5: P-O-O-C-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th 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 pooch?
Pooch appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th 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 pooch?
- /puːt͡ʃ/
Pooch 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-au-pooch.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pooch?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pooch.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pocho.
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 pooch
- pooches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pooching participle, present
- pooched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pooch mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA dog.
She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.
- 2
A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
- 3
informalA bulge, an enlarged part.
There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
- 4
informalA distended or swelled condition.
Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
- 5
informalThe lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
See also: paunch
verb
- 1
informalTo distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pooch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | clébard, cabot, sac à puces , bâtard |
| German | Köter, Straßenköter, Töle , Promenadenmischung |
| Portuguese | totó |
| Spanish | pichicho |
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 pooch come from?
Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs. The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).