pin-up
"pin-up" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pin-up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pin-up · pin-up · English
pin-up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pin-up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pin-up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pin-up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
pin-up doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall. The correct English form is pin-up, spelled P-I-N---U-P.
Definition
- 1A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.
- 2The person so depicted.
- 3A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pin-up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room
Damn, she could be a pin-up, for real.
Etymology
Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.