# lupin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈluːpɪn/ · frequency rank #34,579

## Definitions
1. Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
2. A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.

## Etymology
From Middle English lupyne, lupine, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnus (“pertaining to the wolf”), because of the wolf-like “fang” within the blossom. It has also been linked to an assumed depletion of nutrients in the soil.

## Easily confused with
- **lupus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-lupus)
- **Luton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-luton)
- **lurid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-lurid)
- **Luzon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-luzon)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-luring)
- **lin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lin-vs-lupin)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lui-vs-lupin)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-lupin)
- **Luis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luis-vs-lupin)
- **Lupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupe-vs-lupin)
- **lain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lain-vs-lupin)
- **loin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loin-vs-lupin)
- **Latin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latin-vs-lupin)
- **login** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/login-vs-lupin)
- **Lucia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucia-vs-lupin)
- **Lenin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lenin-vs-lupin)
- **levin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levin-vs-lupin)
- **lipid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lupin)
- **lucid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucid-vs-lupin)
- **Lovin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovin-vs-lupin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llupin`, `lpuin`, `luipn`, `lupinn`, `lupni`, `luppin`, `ulpin`

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