# pander

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpændə/ · frequency rank #44,988

## Definitions
1. A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
2. An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
3. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
4. One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.

## Etymology
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).

## Easily confused with
- **pane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-pane)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-paper)
- **panel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-panel)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-payer)
- **panes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-panes)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-powder)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-parker)
- **ponder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-ponder)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-passer)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-punter)
- **panned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-panned)
- **panzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-panzer)
- **pandit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-pandit)
- **pauper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-pauper)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-patter)
- **parser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-parser)
- **pinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-pinter)
- **panther** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-panther)
- **planner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-planner)
- **Pandora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pander-vs-pandora)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apnder`, `padner`, `pandder`, `panderr`, `pandre`, `panedr`, `pannder`, `pnader`, `ppander`

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