pouting
/ˈpaʊtɪŋ/noun, verb
pouting is spelled P-O-U-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pouting means “An expression or motion that pouts; a pout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pouting is poutings.
How many letters and syllables are in pouting?
| Letters | 7: P-O-U-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pouting?
Pouting appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 pouting?
- /ˈpaʊtɪŋ/
Pouting has 2 syllables (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-pouting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pouting
- poutings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pouting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.
- 2
A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pouting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish, Trisopterus luscus:
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 pouting come from?
From pout + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).