# pooch

> English word · Noun · IPA /puːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #30,179

## Definitions
1. A dog.
2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poor)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-pool)
- **poop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poop)
- **posh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-posh)
- **Pooh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-pooh)
- **proc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-proc)
- **poof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poof)
- **poon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poon)
- **punch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-punch)
- **pools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-pools)
- **porch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-porch)
- **psych** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-psych)
- **pouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-pouch)
- **Poole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poole)
- **pooja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-pooja)
- **poops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooch-vs-poops)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poo-vs-pooch)
- **POC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poc-vs-pooch)
- **pitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitch-vs-pooch)
- **patch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patch-vs-pooch)

## Common misspellings (7)
`opoch`, `poch`, `pocoh`, `poocch`, `poochh`, `poohc`, `ppooch`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pooch