pouty
"pouty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pouty” is uncommon English (frequency #61,037 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,037
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)
Corpus desk
Index EN-pouty · pouty · English
pouty · rank #61,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,037
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prabhu
Nearest frequency peer: Prabhu (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pouty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polyglot
polyglot
38,968 corpus weight
- Pontypridd
Pontypridd
38,967 corpus weight
- pouty
pouty
38,964 corpus weight
- Prabhu
Prabhu
38,963 corpus weight
- prashant
prashant
38,962 corpus weight
- preachy
preachy
38,961 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pouty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pouty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pouty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pouty is uncommon English at frequency #61,037 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pouty, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pout + -y. The correct English form is pouty, spelled P-O-U-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)
- 2Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth)
- 3Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pouty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1799, Cassandra Leigh Cook, Battleridge, London: Cawthorn, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 77, ‘My dear Doctor,’ said he, ‘this wrathful man thinks you have been unsuccessful, and is primed to be pouty; let us enjoy the pleasure of discovery by a little delay; […] ’
Long ago when Jade used to come for holiday visits, Margaret found her awkward and pouty, but now that she was grown up, she was pretty and a lot of fun.
Etymology
From pout + -y.
Synonyms
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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