pouty
"pouty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pouty” is uncommon English (frequency #61,037 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,037
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)
| 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) |
Where “pouty” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pouty is uncommon English at frequency #61,037 among 46,516 “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)
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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Using “pouty”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-U-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.