# pout

> English word · Verb · IPA /paʊt/ · frequency rank #35,889

## Definitions
1. To push out one's lips.
2. To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
3. To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
4. To say while pouting.

## Etymology
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”)).

## Easily confused with
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pt)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pu)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-put)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pub)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pun)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pow)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pov)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pst)
- **pug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pug)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pus)
- **pox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pox)
- **PSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-psu)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-pur)
- **PPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-ppt)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-puts)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-punt)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-putt)
- **psst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-psst)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pout-vs-prot)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oput`, `potu`, `poutt`, `ppout`, `puot`

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