posho
/ˈpɒʃəʊ/adjective, noun
posho is spelled P-O-S-H-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, posho means “Posh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in posho?
| Letters | 5: P-O-S-H-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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; 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 posho?
Posho appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 posho?
- UK /ˈpɒʃəʊ/
As a noun (“A food product made of cornmeal”): /ˈpɔːʃɔː/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-posho.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-posho_(Africa).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with posho?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as posho (/ɒʃəʊ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hoops, shoop.
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 posho
- more posho comparative
- most posho superlative
- poshos plural
- poshoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does posho mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
colloquialPosh.
noun
- 1
UKslangA posh person.
- 2
A food product made of cornmeal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does posho come from?
From posh + -o.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).