# pinus

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,390

## Definitions
1. Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

## Etymology
From the genus name. Doublet of pine.

## Easily confused with
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pus)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-plus)
- **piss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-piss)
- **pits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pits)
- **puns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-puns)
- **pips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pips)
- **pons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pons)
- **pipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pipes)
- **pious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pious)
- **POTUS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-potus)
- **Prius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-prius)
- **punks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-punks)
- **pique** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pique)
- **Pitts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-pitts)
- **punts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-punts)
- **points** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-points)
- **prints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-prints)
- **primus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-primus)
- **pin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pin-vs-pinus)
- **pink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pink-vs-pinus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ipnus`, `pinnus`, `pinsu`, `pinuss`, `piuns`, `pnius`, `ppinus`

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