pozole
/pəˈsoʊˌleɪ/noun
pozole is spelled P-O-Z-O-L-E: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pozole means “A traditional Mexican soup, made from hominy, pork, chilli and other ingredients” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pozole is pozoles.
How many letters and syllables are in pozole?
| Letters | 6: P-O-Z-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pozole?
Pozole appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 pozole?
- UK /pəˈsəʊleɪ/
- UK /pəˈzəʊleɪ/
- US /pəˈsoʊˌleɪ/
Pozole has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pozole.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pozole?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pozole from its last stressed vowel (/oʊleɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pozole
- pozoles plural
- posole
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pozole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Mexican soup, made from hominy, pork, chilli and other ingredients.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pozole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a hominy soup:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | pozole |
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 pozole come from?
From Spanish pozole, from Classical Nahuatl pozolli (“stew of maize kernels”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).