pudgy
/ˈpʌd͡ʒi/adjective
pudgy is an adjective meaning “Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-U-D-G-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does pudgy mean?
adjective
- 1
Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pudgy?
- /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/
Pudgy 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-pudgy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pudgy
- pudgier comparative
- pudgiest superlative
- pudsy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pudgy?
Pudgy appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th 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).
Pudgy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grassouillet, rebondi, replet |
| German | dick, fett, übergewichtig |
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 pudgy come from?
From pudge + -y, or an alteration of pudsy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).