poult
/poʊlt/noun
poult is spelled P-O-U-L-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poult means “A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poult is poults.
How many letters and syllables are in poult?
| Letters | 5: P-O-U-L-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 poult?
Poult appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 poult?
- UK /pɒlt/
- UK /pəʊlt/
- US /poʊlt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AcpoKrane-poult.wav, En-us-poult-noun.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poult?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as poult from its last stressed vowel (/oʊlt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pluto.
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 poult
- poults plural
- powt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poult mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does poult come from?
From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).