poh

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The verdict

“poh” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,507 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,507
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - designativa de espanto ou de repulsão

Key facts for poh
PropertyValue
Headwordpoh
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#70,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “poh” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). poh lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poh is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,507 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "designativa de espanto ou de repulsão".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poh, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is poh, spelled P-O-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    designativa de espanto ou de repulsão

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poh"?
"poh" is spelled P-O-H.
What does "poh" mean?
As an interjection, "poh" means: designativa de espanto ou de repulsão
What language does "poh" come from?
"poh" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “poh”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list