pout
/paʊt/verb, noun
pout is spelled P-O-U-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, pout means “To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pout?
| Letters | 4: P-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th 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 pout?
Pout appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 pout?
- UK /paʊt/
- Canada /pʌʊt/
Pout 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pout.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pout?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pout (/aʊt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: puto.
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 pout
- pouts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- pouting participle, present
- pouted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pout mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- 2
To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- 3
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- 4
To say while pouting.
"Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
- 5
ScotlandTo shoot poults.
noun
- 1
One's facial expression when pouting.
- 2
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
- 3
rareAny of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
- 4
Alternative form of poult.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bouder, faire la moue , moue |
| German | schürzen, die Lippen schürzen , Schmollmund , schmollen, einen Schmollmund machen |
| Portuguese | fazer beiço , beiço , amuar |
| Spanish | hacer pucheros, pucherear , mohín, puchero , hacer un mohín, ponerse de morros |
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 pout come from?
From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).