# lymph

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɪmf/ · frequency rank #22,429

## Definitions
1. Pure water.
2. Pure water.
3. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.
4. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

## Etymology
Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

## Easily confused with
- **lynch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lymph-vs-lynch)
- **lamp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lymph)
- **lump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lump-vs-lymph)
- **limp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/limp-vs-lymph)
- **Lyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyme-vs-lymph)
- **lamps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamps-vs-lymph)
- **lumps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumps-vs-lymph)
- **Lyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyman-vs-lymph)
- **lumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumpy-vs-lymph)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llymph`, `lmyph`, `lymhp`, `lymmph`, `lymphh`, `lympph`, `lypmh`, `lyymph`, `ylmph`

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