# pauper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɔː.pə/ · frequency rank #38,092

## Definitions
1. One who is extremely poor.
2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

## Easily confused with
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-pause)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-piper)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-payer)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-proper)
- **pepper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-pepper)
- **paused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-paused)
- **popper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-popper)
- **pooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauper-vs-pooper)
- **Pape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pape-vs-pauper)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paper-vs-pauper)
- **pacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacer-vs-pauper)
- **pager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pager-vs-pauper)
- **papers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/papers-vs-pauper)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parker-vs-pauper)
- **Palmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palmer-vs-pauper)
- **packer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pauper)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pauper)
- **panzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panzer-vs-pauper)
- **pamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pamper-vs-pauper)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patter-vs-pauper)

## Common misspellings (8)
`apuper`, `papuer`, `pauepr`, `pauperr`, `paupper`, `paupre`, `ppauper`, `puaper`

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