# chump

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌmp/ · frequency rank #32,322

## Definitions
1. An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
2. A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
4. A person's head or face.

## Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kubbur (“block of wood, chip (computing)”), Old Norse kumbr for kubbr (“block of wood”), English chop.

## Easily confused with
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-cum)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-coup)
- **comp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-comp)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-chun)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-cusp)
- **cums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-cums)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-chunk)
- **clamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-clamp)
- **Chung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-chung)
- **chute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-chute)
- **churn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-churn)
- **cramp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-cramp)
- **crumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-crumb)
- **clump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-clump)
- **crump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-crump)
- **crimp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-crimp)
- **chums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-chums)
- **clumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chump-vs-clumps)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chu-vs-chump)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchump`, `chhump`, `chmup`, `chummp`, `chumpp`, `chupm`, `cuhmp`, `hcump`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chump