# pimp

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɪmp/ · frequency rank #16,558

## Definitions
1. Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
2. A man who can easily attract women.

## Etymology
Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, sparkish”) or German Pimpf (“a boy, a youth, a young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym was rendered by Old English forspennend (literally “a solicitor”).

## Easily confused with
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pm)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pp)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pop)
- **pin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pin)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pit)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pup)
- **pip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pip)
- **PPP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-ppp)
- **PSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-psp)
- **pom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pom)
- **ppm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-ppm)
- **PMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pms)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pvp)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pix)
- **PnP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pnp)
- **pmo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pmo)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pir)
- **PMC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pmc)
- **pink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pink)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimp-vs-pump)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ipmp`, `pimmp`, `pimpp`, `pipm`, `pmip`, `ppimp`

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