pouts
/paʊts/
"pouts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pouts” is uncommon English (frequency #88,728 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,728
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of pout
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pouts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /paʊts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pouts” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pouts is uncommon English at frequency #88,728 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /paʊts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of pout".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pouts in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is pouts, spelled P-O-U-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of pout
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pouts”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-U-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /paʊts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.