# pamper

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #38,086

## Definitions
1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
2. To feed luxuriously.
3. To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

## Etymology
From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er.
Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”).

## Easily confused with
- **Pape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pape)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-paper)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-piper)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-payer)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-proper)
- **papers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-papers)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-parker)
- **pepper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pepper)
- **pumped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pumped)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-passer)
- **Pompey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pompey)
- **popper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-popper)
- **panzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-panzer)
- **Pompeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pompeo)
- **pauper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pauper)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-patter)
- **pander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pander)
- **parser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-parser)
- **pooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pooper)
- **pacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacer-vs-pamper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apmper`, `pamepr`, `pammper`, `pamperr`, `pampper`, `pampre`, `papmer`, `pmaper`, `ppamper`

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