# phish

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #41,310

## Definitions
1. To engage in phishing.

## Etymology
Back-formation from phishing.

## Easily confused with
- **psh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-psh)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-push)
- **piss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-piss)
- **posh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-posh)
- **Pisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-pisa)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-prism)
- **plush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-plush)
- **poise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-poise)
- **Polish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-polish)
- **punish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phish-vs-punish)
- **phi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phi-vs-phish)
- **Phil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phil-vs-phish)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phase-vs-phish)
- **parish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-phish)
- **perish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perish-vs-phish)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hpish`, `phhish`, `phihs`, `phishh`, `phissh`, `phsih`, `pihsh`, `pphish`

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