# pip

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɪp/ · frequency rank #18,396

## Definitions
1. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
2. A disease, malaise or depression in humans.

## Etymology
From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.

## Easily confused with
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pm)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-ps)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-po)
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pl)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pu)
- **PK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pk)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pv)
- **PJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pj)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pot)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pit)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pub)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-pod)

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