# pinched

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,274

## Definitions
1. Very thin, as if drawn together.
2. Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
3. Financially hurt or damaged.
4. Compressed.

## Easily confused with
- **pinned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-pinned)
- **pitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-pitched)
- **punched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-punched)
- **pitcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-pitcher)
- **poached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-poached)
- **psyched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-psyched)
- **pinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinch-vs-pinched)
- **picked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picked-vs-pinched)
- **perched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perched-vs-pinched)
- **patched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patched-vs-pinched)
- **parched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parched-vs-pinched)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ipnched`, `picnhed`, `pincched`, `pincehd`, `pinchde`, `pinchedd`, `pinchhed`, `pinhced`, `pinnched`, `pniched`, `ppinched`

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