How much wood would/could a woodchuck chuck is an American English-language tongue-twister. The woodchuck from the Algonquian word, "wejack" is a kind of marmot regionally called a groundhog. The complete beginning of the tongue twister usually goes, "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" The tongue-twister relies primarily on alliteration to achieve its effects, with five "w" sounds interspersed among five "ch" sounds.